Ginger Keyboard Introduces In-Keyboard Games and News Feed to Better Utilize Idle Time While Messaging
New Functionality Lets Users Play Games And Flip Through the Latest Headlines Without Leaving the Messaging Interaction, Optimizing "Idle" Time
TEL AVIV, Israel, March 31, 2015 /PRNewswire/ --
Ginger, a leading mobile keyboard and writing enhancement app developer, introduced
today "Entertain" for its Android keyboard, allowing users to play games and read the
latest headlines without leaving their messaging interaction.
"Entertain" enables users to maximize their productivity by keeping them amused and
informed while they participate in group and one-on-one messaging threads.
Development for "Entertain" began following focus groups and internal data analysis
that clearly presented high idle time during messaging interactions. Initially,
"Entertain" will feature a mix of retro games like (Pong-like) Squash and Snake as well as
newer games like 2048. These games will be available alongside content feeds featuring the
latest headlines from top tier publications.
The release of "Entertain" follows last month's introduction of "Smart Bar", which
allows the use of 3rd party apps from within the keyboard, emphasizing Ginger's continued
focus on innovation in mobile productivity by maximizing the entire keyboard experience to
go beyond standard writing and typing features.
"'Entertain' demonstrates Ginger's mission to offer a more productive mobile
experience," said Maoz Shacht, CEO of Ginger. "With users spending increasing amounts of
time messaging, Entertain offers them the opportunity to leverage lost "idle" time,
enhancing the mobile messaging experience."
About Ginger
Ginger specializes in developing mobile keyboard and writing enhancement apps that
enable everyone to quickly write high-quality, accurate messages. Ginger has developed the
NLP platform (natural language processing), which is the foundation for its advanced text
analysis applications. This platform lies at the core of all of Ginger's mobile, web-based
and PC products, providing English corrections, editing options, context appropriate
synonyms, translations that match the context and original meaning of the content. For
more information, visit us at http://www.gingersoftware.com
Media Contact:
Matthew Krieger
GKPR for Ginger
matthew@gkpr.com
+972-544-676-950
Jacoti ListenApp Now Available in the US! The Bridge Between Audio and Hearing Aids
Introducing Jacoti ListenApp® for iOS, the First FDA registered Mobile Hearing Aid
WEVELGEM, Belgium and BARCELONA, Spain, March 31, 2015 /PRNewswire/ --
Jacoti bvba announced today the US release of Jacoti ListenApp, the first FDA
registered and CE certified medical device hearing aid application for smartphones.
Indicated for mild to moderate hearing loss, ListenApp precisely adjusts the sound of an
iOS device to the user's audiogram, transforming the device into a sophisticated, flexible
and very affordable hearing instrument with extremely high sound quality. Jacoti ListenApp
connects seamlessly with Jacoti Lola(R), the first bidirectional assistive listening
technology running entirely on a consumer platform.
Hearing loss remains one of the most under-treated of all serious disabilities.
Assistive listening technologies, such as hearing aids, help mitigate the burden of
hearing loss, including severe developmental and learning problems, social isolation, and
other socio-economic problems.
However, according to the World Health Organization, while hearing loss is a daily
challenge for up to 20% of the world's population, the current production of hearing aids
meets less than 10% of global need.
Jacoti's answer
"At Jacoti we believe that hearing loss is both a medical condition and a consumer
challenge. Therefore, it needs consumer-driven and consumer-oriented solutions" said
Jacques Kinsbergen, CEO of Jacoti bvba. Jacoti ListenApp for iOS, which provides high
quality hearing assistance to iPhone users with hearing loss, meets these needs.
A user's audiogram (obtained by a visit to any local audiologist) is entered into
Jacoti ListenApp via a simple-to-use interactive interface. Jacoti ListenApp then
automatically applies sophisticated audiological fitting algorithms enabling the iPhone
plus Jacoti ListenApp to serve as an FDA registered and CE certified medical device
hearing aid.
To enable users to customize Jacoti ListenApp for themselves, Jacoti will release in
late 2015 a self-fitting audiometry tool. (Currently under clinical trials.)
Furthermore, Jacoti ListenApp connects to myJacoti, a web service that allows users to
securely store their hearing profiles in the cloud, enabling them to be shared across
multiple devices. A hearing expert chosen by the user can access the hearing profile
stored in myJacoti to remotely fine-tune the fitting of Jacoti ListenApp via a fully
featured suite of audiological tools.
In addition, Jacoti ListenApp is integrated with Apple's Inter-App Audio framework,
enabling users with hearing loss to experience and enjoy more third-party sound
applications. Jacoti encourages music, professional audio, and VOIP app developers to
integrate Apple's Inter-App Audio-compatible technology into their own products.
Ubiquitous hearing loss compensation
Jacoti ListenApp connects to Jacoti Lola, the first bidirectional assistive listening
solution. Jacoti Lola also runs entirely on off-the-shelf consumer devices, providing
high-quality hearing loss compensation at an affordable price.
Because audio problems like echo, reverb, and noise are very common in classrooms,
meeting rooms, and big conference rooms, even people with no hearing loss can have
considerable difficulty understanding speech. Jacoti Lola wirelessly transmits
high-quality audio from speaker to listener which can help all listeners hear better.
Jacoti Lola interoperates seamlessly with Jacoti ListenApp, standard hearing aids,
cochlear implant speech processors, and the Made for iPhone(R) hearing aid platform.
Jacoti Lola comprises a server application - Jacoti Lola Hub - that runs on a Mac
computer and Jacoti Lola, a mobile application (for the iPhone(R), iPad(R) and iPod
touch(R)). In addition Jacoti Lola requires a WiFi router with 5 GHz band support. Jacoti
Lola Hub for Mac Computers,Jacoti Lola and Jacoti ListenApp for iOS devices can be
downloaded for free from the Apple and Mac App Stores.
About Jacoti
Jacoti bvba is a privately held hearing technology company with offices in Wevelgem,
Belgium and in Barcelona, Spain.
Accessibility is a right not an option
Jacoti's mission is to bring advanced hearing technology in reach of large populations
with a special focus on children during their education.
All rights are reserved. Jacoti retains all rights (including, but not limited to,
copyrights, domain names, trademarks).
Microsoft Introduces Surface 3: The Thinnest And Lightest Surface Yet
Pre-order begins March 31.
REDMOND, Wash., March 31, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Microsoft Corp. is introducing a new Surface, the Surface 3. Like Surface Pro 3, it's a tablet that can replace your laptop but is thinner, lighter and even more affordable. Powerful and efficient, Surface 3 is optimized to run full Windows and Office and features long battery life. The ability to run Windows apps and the versatile pen experience(1) -- great for taking notes or marking documents -- make Surface 3 ideal for students, schools and anyone looking for a portable device to get things done. A 4G LTE-ready version,(2) Surface 3 (4G LTE), will offer even more mobility. Starting at just $499, Surface 3 packs performance and value into an elegant, lightweight design.
"Surface 3 brings what customers love about Surface Pro 3 to more people, delivering the premium design and productivity of Surface in a more affordable device," said Panos Panay, corporate vice president, Microsoft Surface. "We've taken everything we learned making Surface Pro 3 and poured that innovation into this newest Surface. It's beautiful, versatile, powerful and productive, and our customers are going to love what it lets them do."
Productivity and portability
Powered by the new quad-core Intel(®) Atom(TM) x7 processor,3 Surface 3 is quick and responsive but designed to maximize efficiency with up to 10 hours of video-playback battery life.(4) A range of storage and memory configurations gives people choice in power and capacity. The beautiful 10.8-inch ClearType HD multi-touch display featuring 3:2 aspect ratio, stereo speakers with Dolby(®) Audio-enhanced sound, and the elegant and durable magnesium design are just a few of the benefits of Surface 3 that customers will recognize from Surface Pro 3. The three-position kickstand is ideal for using Surface 3 while working at a desk, sitting on a couch or holding in the palm of a hand as a natural writing surface. And with Surface 3 (4G LTE),(2) anyone who needs connectivity on the go can get Internet access wherever their tasks take them.
Free upgrade to Windows 10
To help people get even more done, Surface 3 and Surface 3 (4G LTE) ship with full Windows 8.1 and can be upgraded to Windows 10 for free when available.(5) They also come complete with a one-year subscription of Microsoft Office 365 Personal, including Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote, plus OneDrive cloud storage.(6) Full device specs are available here.
Built for business
And with Surface 3, businesses and schools will now enjoy a broader array of options. Even before its availability, educational institutions such as University of Phoenix and companies such as Prada, BASF and Emirates have committed to purchasing and deploying Surface 3 across their organizations because they see the value Surface 3 can bring to their employees and students. "Having explored multiple platforms, we are confident that Surface 3 meets the expectations of our experienced and professional flight crew," said Captain Alan Stealey, divisional senior vice president, Flight Operations, Emirates. "The device's innovative design and functionality prove to be the choice for our EFB (Electronic Flight Bag) initiative."
Surface accessories
Surface 3 and Surface 3 (4G LTE) can be paired with new accessories(7): Surface 3 Type Cover is offered in a variety of colors and features an improved trackpad and responsive keyset for fast, accurate typing, alongside four vibrant Surface Pen colors -- silver, black, blue and red. The Surface 3 Docking Station lets people easily connect to an external monitor and all their desktop devices, and Surface 3's full-size USB 3.0 port, Mini DisplayPort, microSD(TM) card reader and Micro USB charging port make it compatible with the Surface Pro line of adapters and ready for quick and easy connections to a variety of accessories. Surface accessories specifics can be found here.
Pre-order and availability
Surface 3 and new accessories will be available for pre-order starting March 31 through microsoftstore.com, Microsoft stores(8) and select partner retailers in the following markets: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Korea, Luxembourg, Malaysia, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, the United Kingdom and the United States. Commercial customers should contact their authorized reseller for pre-order information.
Starting May 5 through those same retailers and resellers, customers can begin purchasing Surface 3, Surface 3 Type Cover, Surface Pen, Surface 3 Docking Station and Surface 3 Screen Protector, with availability in all 26 markets by May 7. Microsoft will offer Surface 3 (4G LTE) through T-Mobile and Verizon Wireless in the U.S. later this year. More to come regarding additional Surface 3 (4G LTE) availability and markets in the coming months.
Additional information on Surface can be found at http://www.microsoft.com/surface.
Founded in 1975, Microsoft (Nasdaq "MSFT") is the worldwide leader in software, services, devices and solutions that help people and businesses realize their full potential.
Some information relates to a pre-release product, which may be substantially modified before it is commercially released. Microsoft makes no warranties, express or implied, with respect to the information provided here.
(1) Surface Pen sold separately.
(2) Service availability and performance subject to service provider's network. Contact your service provider for details, compatibility, pricing, SIM card and activation.
(3) Intel, Intel Atom and the Intel logo are trademarks of Intel Corporation in the United States and other countries.
(4 )Testing conducted by Microsoft in March 2015 using 128GB and 64GB units with 4 GB of RAM. Testing consisted of full battery discharge during video playback. All settings were default except Wi-Fi was associated with a network and Auto-Brightness was disabled. Battery life varies significantly with settings, usage and other factors.
(5) Free upgrade to Windows 10 for qualified Windows 8.1 devices that upgrade in the first year. More information and additional offer terms available in the coming months. See http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-10/about?ocid=WIN10_0_WOL_Hero_Home_Windows-10_Null_01 for more information.
(6 )Available on Surface 3 with Windows 8.1 purchased prior to Dec. 31, 2015. While supplies last. Office activation required within six months of Windows activation date.
(7) Accessories sold separately.
(8) In Canada, Puerto Rico and the United States.
FST Biometrics Untethers Award-winning IMID Technology; Introduces Mobile and Portable Secure Access Products
IMID Mobile and IMID Rapid to Provide Valuable In-Motion Identification Anywhere and Anytime
RISHON LEZION, Israel, March 31, 2015 /PRNewswire/ --
FST Biometrics [http://fstbm.com ], the leading biometric identification solutions
provider, today announced the release of two new products - one wireless and one portable
- each designed to supplement the important work of security personnel.
IMID Mobile is a smartphone application that delivers FST's award-winning IMID
technology to personal devices, while IMID Rapid provides an end-to-end, ruggedized and
portable solution to quickly secure access to contained areas, such as crime scenes and
senior government official press conferences.
"Each of these new products demonstrates the flexibility of our technology and
represents an expansion of our secure access capabilities," said Arie Melamed, CMO of FST
Biometrics. "We are being responsive to our users and adapting IMID to fit their needs. We
can now offer truly mobile and portable applications of our biometric secure access
solution."
The IMID Mobile smartphone application complements the IMID Access system and can be
installed onto smartphones of security guards, school security personnel and parking
garage guards, bringing mobility to the secure access experience.
IMID Mobile identifies authorized users based on a unique fusion of biometric
identifiers including facial and behavioral recognition. Security personnel can now
identify authorized users via the IMID Mobile app, providing a seamless secure access
experience.
"When performing security checks throughout a facility, guards are limited to their
own memory and knowledge," commented Melamed. "IMID Mobile provides key supplemental
information to security personnel - recognizing authorized users or alerting in the case
of unauthorized users - all on the guard's personal mobile device."
IMID Rapid incorporates FST Biometrics' award-winning IMID Access solution into a
well-protected end-to-end portable product that will hold up to outdoor elements. All of
the hardware and software needed to secure a specific location is included. A security
team can complete assembly and secure an area within ten minutes.
FST Biometrics will be presenting both of these products, in addition to its existing
IMID product family, at this year's ISC West in Las Vegas [http://www.iscwest.com ] in
Booth 32087.
FST Biometrics is a leading identity management solutions provider. The company's
IMID(TM) product line offers access control through its proprietary In Motion
Identification technology. This provides the ultimate security and convenience for users,
who are accurately identified without having to stop or slow down. IMID(TM) solutions
integrate a fusion of biometric and analytic technologies that include face recognition,
body behavior analytics and voice recognition. For more information, please visit http://www.fstbm.com.
Media Contact:
Glenn Jasper
Finn Partners, for FST Biometrics
+1-929-222-8002
goel.jasper@finnpartners.com
Bugchinko Bounces into the App Store on Earth Day, April 22nd
LOS ANGELES, March 31, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Angeles Vista Creative Ventures (avcvgames.com) announced today that its first game will be released on the Apple App store on April 22(nd), 2015 in celebration of Earth Day.
Bugchinko is an enchanting and modern spin on Pachinko, the classic precursor to pinball. Players must use their quick reflexes and arcade mastery to roll, bounce and score their way to victory. The game features a familiar but totally unique game concept that seems easy to play at first, but hard to master in later levels. If you like pinball, you'll love this game!
Bugchinko also features some of the most beautiful graphics and environments ever seen on the iOS platform and takes full advantage of Apple's latest hardware. It is truly one of the most beautiful games to ever grace an iPad or iPhone.
Monty's Story
Montgomery is a peculiar fellow...um...bug with a real penchant for adventure. One day, he wondered... if he were to jump on a loosely attached leaf, high up in a tree, would he be able to float on it? This fanciful thought of floating through the spring sky permeated Monty's little bug brain until he simply had to try it. Unfortunately, Monty's little fantasy didn't go quite as planned and he must now try to make his way down to safety. The goal of Bugchinko centers around helping this helpless little pill bug make his way home.
Angeles Vista Creative Ventures, LLC (AVCV) was founded in 2012 by former AOL, Yahoo and Disney game producer Micah Jackson in Los Angeles, CA. The desire was to create handcrafted, engaging and family friendly games that are unlike the status quo.
Outside of creating amazing play experiences, the personal goal of the company is to make entertainment that is favored and well received by the world, yet created on a very small scale. Also being an African American game maker is an important aspect that drives the founder to be successful; in hopes of leaving a legacy for future game makers of color.
Intermedia AppID® Enterprise Introduces User Empowered Identity to Prevent Unauthorized Access to Web Applications and User Accounts
User Empowered Identity takes a people-centric approach to security by allowing users to respond to suspicious activities associated with their identity
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., March 31, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Digital identities need to be protected and secured. Who best to do this than the identity owner? Intermedia today introduced "User Empowered Identity" as part of its Intermedia AppID Enterprise® solution. This new feature allows individual users to respond directly to suspicious activity associated with their identity through a real-time alert in the browser or two-way "out-of-band" SMS text message to the user.
User Empowered Identity provides users with real-time notifications when suspicious events occur and empowers them to perform immediate and appropriate responses.
For instance, if an attacker were to attempt to log in with a user's identity from a different country, the user would be presented with a security notification in the browser or via SMS text message. Whereas an operations team may not be aware of the individual's location, the user will know their location, whether the access attempt is legitimate, and if an action should be taken.
As individual users are the best source to identify suspicious account activity, Intermedia AppID Enterprise offers them a detailed view into a particular event giving the user the option to respond to it, or ignore it. The response might be to disable the account or immediately change a password. This gives companies that adopt Intermedia AppID Enterprise a higher level of assurance that their data and user accounts are protected.
"When we implemented the User Empowered Identity feature into Intermedia AppID Enterprise, we wanted to add another layer of security that gave the user direct management over their digital identity," said Richard Walters, General Manager and Vice President of Identity and Access Management (IAM) at Intermedia. "After all, when you are online, you are your identity and the one best placed to protect it."
About Intermedia AppID Enterprise:
As companies embrace the Cloud, the number of web applications in the enterprise IT environment quickly adds up--and quickly overwhelms IT's ability to ensure data security, manage costs and maintain control. Intermedia AppID Enterprise is a comprehensive platform for cloud application management that goes beyond Single Sign-On (SSO) and helps companies reduce risk, improve data security, achieve compliance and increase productivity and control.
About Intermedia:
Intermedia is a one-stop shop for cloud business applications. Its Office in the Cloud(TM) suite integrates the essential IT services that companies need to do business, including identity and access management, email, voice, file syncing and sharing, conferencing, instant messaging, mobility, security and archiving. Office in the Cloud goes beyond unified communications to encompass a wide breadth of fundamental IT services, delivered by a single provider. Intermedia serves over 60,000 businesses and has more than 5,000 active partners, including VARs, MSPs, telcos and cable companies.
Intermedia AppID and Office in the Cloud are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Intermedia.net, Inc. in the United States and/or other countries.
Smart Home Guru smanos Wins Red Dot Award 2015 with K1 SmartHome DIY Kit
AMSTERDAM, March 31, 2015 /PRNewswire/ --Â smanos <http://goo.gl/pXL97A>, a trendsetting innovator and dynamic developer of wireless smart home and DIY security systems, is proud to announce that itsK1 SmartHome DIY Kit has won over the 38-member jury of the Red Dot Award: Product Design 2015.
<http://photos.prnasia.com/prnh/20150331/8521502028> Smart Home Guru smanos to Release Wireless K1 DIY Kit Soon With this DIY Kit for home security and automation,smanos proved its design excellence in the most important competition for product design, which is celebrating its 60th anniversary this year. The international experts discussed and assessed each of the 4,928 entries from 56 countries, and only the designs that won over the jury with their quality and innovative power were given an award. TheK1 from smanos succeeded in convincing the jury members, deservedly winning the much sought-after Red Dot seal of quality.
"We feel very honored and humbled to share this exciting news announcement with our partners, clients and investors worldwide," saidKen Li, founder and CEO of Chuango Security Technology Corporation (Beijing NEEQ ticker 831464), mother company ofsmanos. "The K1 is smanos' latest wireless smart home gateway, combining butler- and guard-like functions into a stack of aesthetically pleasing round discs. The discs come with aluminum frames and texturized plastic surfaces, particularly designed for everyday use."
"smanos K1 connects to up to 50 wireless accessories with ease, and its intuitive operation on the smartphone is a breeze," saidLily Chen, Senior Product Manager. "Such connected but wireless things include remote sockets/plugs, HD cameras, alarm detectors/sirens and environmental sensors. Comparable with high-caliber smartphones these days,smanos K1 is easily mount-and-play, and adding/removing features is just like adding/removing smartphone apps."
With such intuitive operation and DIY usability, your smart and connected home has just become that much more adorable and affordable withsmanos K1. The designers behind this award-winning kit includeKen Li, Sam Xu and Zero Wu.
Professor Dr. Peter Zec, founder and CEO of the Red Dot Award said: "For 60 years, the most-respected design experts have been convening every year inEssen to seek out the best designs. This year we had a record number of almost 5,000 entries -- a huge amount of work for our jury members, who assessed each individual product, and a special value of the distinction due to the high standard. The laureates of the Red Dot Award: Product Design 2015 have demonstrated exceptionally high achievements and have thus been deservedly successful in the world's largest design competition."
"Designed in Amsterdam and marketed worldwide, smanos is our complete security, monitoring and automation system lineup for today's homeowners," saidHayden Hsu, VP Marketing. "What makes smanos a must-have brand to distributors and retailers is that we're truly committed to researching, designing and delivering innovative, comprehensive and easy-to-use smart home solutions that will help them outperform their sales and profit targets."
About smanos
In the picturesque outskirts of Amsterdam came about the inception of smart home technology brandsmanos in 2013. Harnessing cutting-edge design concepts and ergonomics,smanos delivers the ultimate user experience of wireless smart home and DIY security systems to households worldwide. Promising more than just a sense of security,smanos also ensures user-definable comfort and convenience, along with mobile accessibility and confirmation. In its pursuit for perfection in human-centric research and design,smanos continues to wow homeowners by putting the smarts of smart home and smart security directly in their hands.Dream big and live smart withsmanos <http://goo.gl/pXL97A> now!
About the Red Dot Award
In order to appraise the diversity in the field of design in a professional manner, the Red Dot Design Award breaks down into the three disciplines of Red Dot Award: Product Design, Red Dot Award: Communication Design and Red Dot Award: Design Concept. The Red Dot Award was created by Design Zentrum Nordrhein Westfalen and with around 17,000 entries each year is one of the best-respected design competitions in the world. In 2015, it is celebrating its 60th anniversary: It was in 1955 that a jury convened for the first time to assess the best designs of the day. The sought-after award, the "Red Dot," is the revered international seal of outstanding design quality. Award-winning designers, manufacturers and agencies use the Red Dot winner label and receive numerous other winners' privileges, such as the presentation of the award-winning product onRed Dot Online, in the Red Dot Design Yearbook, the Red Dot App and on Red Dot 21. Additionally, the winning products are communicated in the international PR activities of Red Dot and exhibited in the Red Dot Design Museum Essen for a whole year. More information is available atwww.red-dot.org/press <http://www.red-dot.org/press>.
Raptr Launches Plays.tv, Enabling Gamers to Capture and Share Their "Pro" Moments; Adds $14 Million in Funding
Instagram-like Service Lets Gamers Relive Their Favorite Moments with Friends and A Vibrant Gaming Community
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., March 31, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Raptr, a leading optimization platform for PC gamers, today officially launched Plays.tv, a fun, easy way for gamers to capture their most interesting gameplay moments and instantly share them. Dedicated to celebrating the pro in every gamer, Plays.tv gives all players a new way to memorialize their epic wins and fails as well as a community centered on reliving those moments with others. Raptr today also announced $14 million in new financing, some of which will be allocated to further expansion of Plays.tv.
"To me, chatting with my friends about all the funny and amazing things that happened in the game we just played is often as much fun as playing the game itself," said Dennis "Thresh" Fong, founder and CEO of Raptr and an early eSports star. "Everyone experiences moments they want to remember when gaming; Plays.tv makes saving those moments as easy as taking a screenshot and provides a fun community to share them with."
"At Team Dignitas, we're always looking for new ways to engage with our fans," said Michael O'Dell, Managing Director of Team Dignitas. "Plays.tv makes it super simple to capture highlight moments from our matches without the hassles of editing, and it's awesome to have a dedicated community to share them with so our fans can relive those moments with us."
Since introducing gameplay recording in Raptr nine months ago, Raptr users have captured more than four million highlight videos from their gaming sessions. Plays.tv was created to provide gamers with a dedicated home to showcase their favorite moments.
Also introduced today in Beta, the Plays.tv client is a free, fast, and simple way to capture, edit, and share gameplay clips and post them to your Plays.tv feed and other social networks like Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube. The Plays.tv client automatically starts recording during gameplay and uses hardware-accelerated video encoding to ensure minimal impact on performance. The Plays.tv client can optionally capture the user's webcam (picture-in-picture) and can also automatically import videos recorded using other software such as OBS, Raptr, and Nvidia's Shadowplay for easy editing and sharing. The Plays.tv client works with any PC game.
Gamers can use Plays.tv to:
-- Instantly share short highlights from any game (up to the last 20 mins)
-- Edit and trim clips from full session replays
-- Follow friends, eSports stars, popular streamers and others
-- Simultaneously post videos to Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, and other
social networks
-- Relive amazing moments with friends and the community
Raptr's new round of financing includes funding from Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) as well as funding from existing investors Accel Partners, DAG Ventures, and Tenaya Capital. With this financing, the company has raised a total of $41 million in equity funding since its inception in 2007.
About Raptr
Raptr is one of the fastest-growing PC gaming services in the world. The Raptr software, which is entirely free, is designed to optimize PC gaming performance while maintaining high quality and system efficiency. Raptr has tens of millions of users in dozens of countries, and attracts more than two million new sign-ups each month. Strategic partnerships with Intel and AMD ensure Raptr's access to both chipmakers' existing and upcoming technologies as well as their enormous customer bases. Raptr also owns and operates Plays.tv, a platform and community for capturing and sharing all gamers' memorable gaming moments. The company is led by CEO and co-founder Dennis Fong (co-founder of Xfire, Lithium, and Gamers.com). Raptr was founded in 2007 and is backed by investors Accel Partners, Founder's Fund, DAG Ventures, and Tenaya Capital. For more information about Raptr, please visit http://raptr.com and/or follow @Raptr.
Actions Semiconductor Launches Open Source Platform SoC and Reference Design Platform
--S500 and ActDuino S500 target open source platform market for smart devices based on Android® and Linux
ZHUHAI, China, March 31, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Actions Semiconductor Co., Ltd. (Nasdaq: ACTS) ("Actions Semiconductor" or "the Company"), one of China's leading fabless semiconductor companies that provides comprehensive portable multimedia and mobile internet system-on-a-chip (SoC) solutions for portable consumer electronics, today announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Actions Technology (Zhuhai) ("Actions Technology") released a new open source platform SoC, the S500, along with a reference design platform, the ActDuino S500, targeting the Android and Linux open source platform markets for a wide range of smart connected products, including digital display signage, kiosks, netbooks based on Android, pico projectors, children's educational devices, robot toys, and other differentiated consumer electronics.
The S500 is an open platform quad-core 32-bit SoC featuring a highly integrated design, high-performance computing, low-power consumption, low-cost, and robust peripherals. Based on 28nm process technology, the S500 SoC integrates a quad-core ARM Cortex-A9R4 processor with NEON SIMD co-processor and Imagination PowerVR SGX544 GPU. The S500 SoC provides powerful performance and supports 2K @ 60fps (1920 Ã 1200) LCD + 1080P HDMI dual-screen output and all standard video decoding playback capabilities. In order to serve the diverse needs of the open source market, the S500 SoC has rich peripheral interfaces, providing customers with convenient expansion needs, and integrates with Multi-USBs, I2C, SPI, UART, I2S, PCM, SPDIF, MIPI DSI / CSI, HDMI, Ethernet and other ports.
The ActDuino S500 open source reference design platform supports the Android 5.0 Lollipop, Linux and Ubuntu operating systems. It includes a hardware reference design schematic and board layout diagram supplemented by abundant tools, documents, and other necessary resources to help Actions Technology's partners quickly introduce new customized solutions in a cost effective way, in addition to creating their own development boards geared toward makers and individual hobbyists.
"Given insatiable consumer demand for smart connected devices and innovative IoT solutions, we expect software developers to be excited by the S500 SoC and ActDuino S500 reference design platform. Utilizing 28nm process technology with an ARM quad-core Cortex-A9 powerful CPU, Imagination PowerVR SGX544 GPU and all standard high definition video decoding capabilities, our partners can accelerate device innovation for distinctive intelligent Android and Linux products using our open source SoC and development platform," said Dr. Zhenyu Zhou, CEO of Actions Semiconductor.
"We are pleased to provide support for the open source intelligent hardware community with the launch of our new SoC and reference design platform, along with our recent partnership with Linaro as a founding member of the 96Boards initiative. The open source community is vital to a healthy ecosystem, and our goal is to ensure all developers have access to the most cost-effective and best technology for the latest 32-bit and 64-bit ARM architecture," Dr. Zhou concluded.
About Actions Technology (Zhuhai)
Actions Technology focuses on solutions for smart handheld and smart home devices. Its main products are tablet, over-the-Top ("OTT") set-top boxes and Bluetooth enabled boombox solutions, along with total product and technology solutions based on the Android platform. These products feature high performance, low power multi-core CPUs and GPUs, supporting high resolution displays and wireless connectivity. Actions Technology currently has nearly 500 employees, 425 of whom are engineers. Among these engineers, more than half have over three years of research and development experience. Actions Technology is ranked among the first in terms of engineering talent, project experience and product quality within the IC design industry in China. Actions Technology is a wholly owned subsidiary of Actions Semiconductor Co. Ltd.
About Actions Semiconductor
Actions Semiconductor is one of China's leading fabless semiconductor companies that provides comprehensive portable multimedia and mobile internet system-on-a-chip (SoC) solutions for portable consumer electronics. Actions Semiconductor products include SoCs, firmware, software, solution development kits, as well as detailed specifications of other required components. Actions Semiconductor also provides total product and technology solutions that allow customers to quickly introduce new portable consumer electronics to the mass market in a cost effective way. The Company is headquartered in Zhuhai, China, with offices in Shanghai, Shenzhen, Hong Kong and Taipei. For more information, please visit the Actions Semiconductor website at http://www.actions-semi.com.
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DOVER, N.J., March 31, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- This spring, make your way to the finish line with the new BG6903 Collection from Baby-G - just in time for the color run season! This ideal runner's timepiece paves the way with three colorful watch models seamlessly designed for women of all strides, from leisurely walkers to marathon runners.
The BG6903-3, BG6903-4B and BG6903-7C watch models come in three color-bursting combinations: green, pink and white, each with a white face. The watches feature the latest timepiece technology sure to complement any runner with fashion and function each step of the race. These unique models feature a 60 lap memory and 1/100(th) second, 100 hour stopwatch, as well as an outstanding 7-year battery life. Perfect for trekking through paint splashes, these watches are shock and 200 meter water resistant, while offering an EL backlight, 24 hour countdown timer, two multi-function alarms and dual time. Talk about a perfect running partner!
"Baby-G is dedicated to designing timepieces with the latest technology and trends in mind," said Dave Johnson, Vice President of Casio's Timepiece Division. "The BG6903 collection offers a functional running companion for active women looking to get the most out of their accessory-wear."
The BG6903 collection is currently available at select Macy's and Bloomingdales stores, key jewelers, and fashion boutiques with an MSRP of $99.00. For more information about these women's digital watches, visit http://www.baby-g.com.
About Baby-G
Casio's female timepiece brand, Baby-G, was created as a counterpart to its "big brother" G-SHOCK in 1994. The brand exemplifies the meeting of fashion and function for the vibrant, active woman with watches that are stylish, bold, tough and chic. Equipped with the same great functionality that G-SHOCK is known for, Baby-G timepieces are shock and water resistant with multiple daily alarms and stopwatch functions. The brand has partnered with some of the hottest names in music, fashion and pop culture on standout watch collaborations including Ke$ha, Rebecca Minkoff, Joyrich and Married To The Mob. For additional information on Casio's Baby-G line of timepieces, please visit http://www.Baby-G.com.
About Casio America, Inc.
Casio America, Inc., Dover, N.J., is the U.S. subsidiary of Casio Computer Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan, one of the world's leading manufacturers of consumer electronics and business equipments solutions, established in 1957. Casio America, Inc. markets calculators, keyboards, digital cameras, mobile presentation devices, disc title and label printers, watches, cash registers and other consumer electronic products. Casio has strived to realize its corporate creed of "creativity and contribution" through the introduction of innovative and imaginative products. For more information visit our website at http://www.casiousa.com.
Microsemi Extends Leadership in Satellite Electronics with New Radiation Tolerant Telemetry Controller IC Providing Key Functions for Sensor Monitoring, Attitude and Payload Control
The LX7730 Space System Manager IC Offers Significant Weight Reduction, Board Space Savings and Increased Reliability
ALISO VIEJO, Calif., March 31, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Microsemi Corporation (Nasdaq: MSCC), a leading provider of semiconductor solutions differentiated by power, security, reliability and performance, today announced the first member of its new radiation tolerant Space System Manager (SSM) family of special purpose mixed signal devices, the LX7730 telemetry controller integrated circuit. The LX7730 integrates the required functions in satellite telemetry systems and interfaces with radiation tolerant FPGAs such as those offered in Microsemi's portfolio of FPGA solutions.
Microsemi's new radiation tolerant telemetry controller supports parallel or dual SPI interfaces and provides cold sparing. Other key features include a 64 channel multiplexer, break-before-make switching and a precision adjustable current source. The new IC is radiation tolerant to a minimum of 100kRad TID, 50kRad ELDRs, and is single event immune. The LX7730, packaged in a 132 pin ceramic quad flat package, is designed for use in rugged environments and operates over a -55 degrees C to 125 degrees C temperature range.
"Our goal is to leverage over five decades of Microsemi's space heritage and provide our customers with innovative space system solutions solving application specific challenges," said Dorian Johnson, marketing manager, high-reliability ICs at Microsemi. "An ongoing challenge in the satellite market is to reduce weight and board space and to increase reliability. Microsemi's LX7730 offers space system architects and designers the highest level of integration for telemetry applications available today to address their increasing needs and requirements."
"We expect 1,500 new spacecraft of 50Kg mass or larger to be launched within the next 10 years," said Marco Caceres, senior analyst and director of space studies for the Virginia-based Teal Group consulting firm. "This represents 25 percent growth in the number of spacecraft in this mass category over the preceding 10 years. These satellites have stringent requirements to reduce weight and real estate that are addressed by Microsemi's SSM solution."
With one of the industry's most comprehensive portfolios of space products, Microsemi provides radiation tolerant FPGAs, rad-hard mixed-signal ICs, rad-hard DC-to-DC converters, precision time and frequency solutions, linear and POL hybrids, custom hybrid solutions, and rad-hard discretes including the broadest portfolio of JANS Class diodes and bipolar products. Microsemi is committed to supporting its products throughout the lifetime of our customer programs.
Availability
The LX7730 is sampling now, with production in CQ4 2015.
About the Space Systems Manager LX7730
Radiation tolerance:
-- Minimum total ionization dose (TID) tolerance of 100kRad
-- Minimum extended low dose radiation (ELDR) tolerance of 50kRad
-- Single event latch-up (SEL) immunity
Other features:
-- 64 single-ended or 32 differential channel MUX with 12bit ADC
-- 8x8 input simultaneous threshold monitor
-- Voltage and de-multiplexer current references
-- 8 x bi-level logic
-- 10 bit digital to analog converter (DAC)
-- Support for parallel or dual SPI interfaces
About Microsemi
Microsemi Corporation (Nasdaq: MSCC) offers a comprehensive portfolio of semiconductor and system solutions for communications, defense & security, aerospace and industrial markets. Products include high-performance and radiation-hardened analog mixed-signal integrated circuits, FPGAs, SoCs and ASICs; power management products; timing and synchronization devices and precise time solutions, setting the world's standard for time; voice processing devices; RF solutions; discrete components; security technologies and scalable anti-tamper products; Power-over-Ethernet ICs and midspans; as well as custom design capabilities and services. Microsemi is headquartered in Aliso Viejo, Calif., and has approximately 3,400 employees globally. Learn more at http://www.microsemi.com.
Microsemi and the Microsemi logo are registered trademarks or service marks of Microsemi Corporation and/or its affiliates. Third-party trademarks and service marks mentioned herein are the property of their respective owners.
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CARDIFF, MANCHESTER and BRIGHTON, United Kingdom, March 31, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- From March 21-22, Airwheel riders came to the streets of Cardiff, Manchester and Brighton promoting Airwheel's futuristic personal transporter on a two-day tour that caused a sensation in the UK.
In each city, a team of Airwheel self-balancing unicycle riders headed out onto the streets, successfully catching the eye of pedestrians thanks to a beautifully concise exterior design that actually shares some resemblance to a skateboard.
"It really reminds me of the hover board in Back to the Future", remarked one stunned local resident, touching on both the fact that Airwheel is such a futuristic device, and that the science and technology of transportation is headed in that direction.
Airwheel defines the concept of the commute of the future, with the UK tour serving to raise further awareness of this fun and eco-friendly adult's unicycle. The team also distributed booklets and questionnaires to pedestrians who were interested in Airwheel's brand, trying to introduce a new lifestyle to the public.
Based on the latest gyro technology, Airwheel is a self-balancing electric unicycle. It is portable, cheap to run, fun to ride, environmentally friendly and can easily be carried onto the bus or subway. It's also safe and easy to use; simply lean forwards to go forward, and back to slow down or go backwards. The power shuts off automatically if you jump off, and the pedals rise up to prevent leaning too far when the speed exceeds the safe range.
As soon as you step onto an Airwheel unicycle, it feels like you are gliding and the trend is gaining popularity across the globe. But it's not just for fun. City commuters are now using them to cover the last few miles from the Tube station to home. Compared with a Segway for example, the Airwheel electric unicycle is so lightweight, you can zoom to your station, store it in the overhead compartment, get to your destination, take it down and zoom to work.
The company has now also launched a twin-wheeled version, which is even easier to learn to ride. Go on and see for yourself.
IBM Connects "Internet of Things" to the Enterprise
ARMONK, New York, March 31, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- IBM (NYSE: IBM <http://www.ibm.com/investor>) today announced that it will invest $3 billion over the next four years to establish a new Internet of Things (IoT) unit, and that it is building a cloud-based open platform designed to help clients and ecosystem partners build IoT solutions.
IBM's pioneering work in Smarter Planet and Smarter Cities was based on practical applications of IoT in the enterprise and led to a broad set of solutions, ranging from water management to optimizing retail and customer loyalty to alleviating traffic congestion. IBM leads in enterprise IoT implementations that securely combine and analyze data from a wide variety of sources.
With new industry-specific cloud data services and developer tools, IBM will build on that expertise to help clients and partners integrate data from an unprecedented number of IoT and traditional sources. These resources will be made available on an open platform to provide manufacturers with the ability to design and produce a new generation of connected devices that are better optimized for the IoT, and to help business leaders across industries create systems that better fuse enterprise and IoT data to inform decision-making.
"Our knowledge of the world grows with every connected sensor and device, but too often we are not acting on it, even when we know we can ensure a better result," saidBob Picciano, senior vice president, IBM Analytics. "IBM will enable clients and industry partners apply IoT data to build solutions based on an open platform. This is a major focus of investment for IBM because it's a rich and broad-based opportunity where innovation matters."
IBM estimates that 90 percent of all data generated by devices such as smartphones, tablets, connected vehicles and appliances is never analyzed or acted on. As much as 60 percent of this data begins to lose value within milliseconds of being generated. To address this challenge, IBM is announcing it will offer:
* IBM IoT Cloud Open Platform for Industries: This platform will provide new analytics services that clients, partners and IBM will use to design and deliver vertical industry IoT solutions. For example, IBM will introduce a cloud-based service that helps insurance companies extract insight from connected vehicles. This will enable new, more dynamic pricing models and the delivery of services that can be highly customized to individual drivers. * IBM Bluemix IoT Zone: New IoT services as part of IBM's Bluemix platform-as-a-service will enable developers to easily integrate IoT data into cloud-based development and deployment of IoT apps. Developers will be able to enrich existing business applications â such as enterprise asset management, facilities management, and software engineering design tools â by infusing more real-time data and embedded analytics to further automate and optimize mission-critical IoT processes. * IBM IoT Ecosystem: Expansion of its ecosystem of IoT partners â from silicon and device manufacturers to industry-oriented solution providers â such as AT&T, ARM, Semtech and newly announced The Weather Company â to ensure the secure and seamless integration of data services and solutions on IBM's open platform. IBM's capabilities are illustrated in a new global strategic alliance announced today with The Weather Company through WSI, its global B2B division. WSI's forecasting system ingests and processes data from thousands of sources, resulting in approximately 2.2 billion unique forecast points worldwide, and averages more than 10 billion forecasts a day on active weather days. The IoT and cloud computing allow for collection of data from more than 100,000 weather sensors and aircraft, millions of smartphones, buildings and even moving vehicles. The two companies will help industries utilize their understanding of weather on business outcomes and take action systemically to optimize those parts of their businesses.
The new unit will be led by Pat Toole as General Manager.
As a leader in building practical IoT applications for the enterprise, IBM is working with a broad range of global clients, including:
* Continental <https://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/41922.wss> is jointly developing fully-connectedmobile <http://www.ibm.com/mobilefirst/us/en/> vehicle solutions with IBM for car manufacturers around the world. * Cummins Inc. collects and transmits real-time performance data of its engines for predictive analysis with IBM IoT solutions to maintain higher operating levels and reduce downtimes. * Pratt & Whitney <http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/44408.wss> is using IBM IoT solutions, including predictive analytics, to more accurately and proactively monitor the health of more than 4,000 commercial engines. * SilverHook Powerboats <https://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/45102.wss> is using IBM's IoT Foundation service to access and analyze telematic and biometric data from its boats and pilots to make real-time racing decisions. * IBM is engaged in a partnership with the University of South Carolina <http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/45472.wss> to produce more insights on predictive maintenance, combining deep industry expertise from the university's Condition-based Maintenance Research Center with predictive analytics software and skills from IBM. * Whirlpool Corporation is leveraging IBM's IoT and predictive maintenance and quality solutions to improve the performance and reliability of its appliances. IBM also has been helping cities around the world become smarter by designing strategies for collecting, sharing, analyzing and acting on data. For example:
Smarter Cities
* Miami-Dade County, Florida <http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/40497.wss> is working with IBM on a Smarter Cities initiative to improve services for residents and help agencies share information among the 34 municipalities within the county. The project spans multiple areas including using data from smart meters to analyze and detect water leaks in the Parks, Recreation, & Open Spaces Department; a project to improve the efficiency of buses for the Transit Department, and predictive policing and real-time crime analytics with theMiami-Dade County Police. * In Montpellier, France <http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/40498.wss> the fastest growing city inFrance, IBM Intelligent Operations delivered via the cloud helps the the District Council set up and experiment services for water management, mobility and emergency management. Smarter Buildings
* The Rochester, Minnesota Police Department <http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/36572.wss> is mining, sharing and extracting intelligence from data by working with IBM to improve officer safety, criminal investigations and crime prevention programs. Smarter Transportation
* In Canada, the Southern Ontario Water Consortium <http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/44153.wss> is working with IBM using sophisticated tools to understand watershed dynamics, safeguard drinking water and forecast the impact of growth. The new platform analyzes data collected every 15 minutes and assimilates 600 data points per hour from more than 100 sensors. Additionally, IBM also has partnered with a number of IoT ecosystem leaders, with more to come. For example:
* AT&T <http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/43223.wss> and IBM combined their analytic platforms, cloud, and security technologies to gain more insights on data collected from machines in a variety of industries. * ARM <http://www.arm.com/about/newsroom/arm-connects-a-new-world-of-intelligent-devices-to-the-cloud.php> and IBM partnered to combine ARM's leadership in the embedded market utilizing the ARM® mbed⢠platform with IBM's leadership in Big Data, Analytics and Cloud Services to provide an easy to use Starter kit, enabling IoT developers to rapidly achieve end to end development from device through cloud services. * IBM Research and Semtech <https://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/46287.wss> announced a new technology based on low-power, wide-area networks that offers significant advantages over cellular networks and wifi for providing machine-to-machine (M2M) communications. * ESRI <http://www.esri.com/partners/partners-alliance/ibm>, a market leader in Geographic Information System (GIS) technology, has a long history of collaborating with IBM on the development of IoT solutions that bring mapping and spatial analysis to businesses and government institutions around the globe.Contact: IBM:Vineeta Durani, 917-855-2680, vineeta.durani@us.ibm.com <mailto:vineeta.durani@us.ibm.com>
Fujitsu Introduces New Production Scanner Featuring Advanced Paper Handling Technology to Enhance Productivity and Maximize Efficiency
New Fujitsu fi-6400 Scanner Showcases a Compact Footprint, Ultra-Quiet Performance, Powerful Image Processing, and an Easy-to-Use Capture Application for Back-Office Environments
SUNNYVALE, Calif., March 31, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Fujitsu, the market leader in document imaging scanners, today introduced its next generation production-level scanning solution -- the FUJITSU Document Scanner fi-6400. The latest mid-volume production scanner is equipped with intelligent scanning features and functionality, offering any paper intensive office environment the most powerful tools to boost automation, productivity and efficiency. The fi-6400 also boasts a compact footprint and ultra-quiet operation, allowing users to conveniently place the scanner in back-office environments.
"Designed with outstanding paper handling capabilities and enhanced image processing and capture software, the Fujitsu fi-6400 delivers a truly cost-effective scanning solution with the automation and dependability needed for production scanning environments," said Scott Francis, senior vice president of marketing, Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Inc. "It's quiet and compact for use in front-office settings, yet powerful enough to tackle the most paper intensive back-office projects for businesses in industries such as healthcare, legal, insurance, government, education and finance."
The new Fujitsu fi-6400 delivers fast scanning speeds of 100 ppm / 200 ipm at 200 or 300 dpi (color, grayscale, monochrome), offers new image processing and capture capabilities, handles large batches with an expanded 500-page automatic document feeder (ADF), includes long-lasting consumable life, and has enhanced paper-feed functionality, all providing uncompromised speed and performance. More details on the Fujitsu fi-6400's key intelligent scanning features and time-saving tools to increase scanning efficiency and reliability include:
-- Intelligent Multi-Feed Function (iMFF): iMFF provides the ability to
automatically bypass documents containing sticky notes, taped receipts,
and labels while still protecting against lost images. In manual mode,
mixed batches that include envelopes can be scanned with easy user
interaction to maintain data integration and high scanner throughput.
-- Improved Document Feeding: The scanner is equipped with a front-loading
feeding mechanism and automatic adjustable stacker in order to control
output speed of paper which enhances stacking, keeping documents neat
and orderly in the exit tray.
-- Advanced Controls: The adjustable, easy-to-read interactive LCD panel
provides quick access to advanced scanning features such as paper
protection, pick speeds, batch counts, iMFF settings, pre-pick, and
power savings, allowing users to get more out of their scanner, faster
than ever before.
-- Scanning Versatility: Long (up to 120 inches) and ultra-thin document
scanning support as well as mixed document handling of pages of
different sizes and colors are all included as standard features of the
fi-6400.
-- Enhanced Paper Protection: For improved paper-feeding and image
processing, the fi-6400 detects the alignment of your scanned documents.
If any irregularity is detected during a page feed like a stapled batch
or skewed paper, the scanner's sensors will automatically stop the scan,
helping to protect the original scanned documents.
-- Post Scan Imprinter: The new model offers two post scan imprinter
options on the front or back for users with demanding scan verification
needs. The imprinter unit prints identification markers like
dates/times, alphanumeric codes and symbols on the original document
while syncing with an identical digital endorsement. This makes it
easier to locate the original scanned document when needed for
proof-of-scan reference.
-- Compact & Quiet Design: The fi-6400's small footprint (12.2" x 18.1" x
17.8") and low operational noise, at only 55 decibels, allows the
scanner to conveniently be placed in any front-office or back-office
environment.
Image Enhancement and Document Capture Software
The Fujitsu fi-6400 includes new enhanced image processing and capture software, including PaperStream TWAIN, PaperStream ISIS, and PaperStream Capture, providing users with powerful, efficient and easy-to-use image enhancement offerings to get organizations prepared to scan quickly and easily.
-- High Quality Image Processing with PaperStream IP: Designed for the
Fujitsu fi Series scanner line, PaperStream TWAIN and PaperStream ISIS
provide users with a powerful, intelligent image correction solution
allowing documents to be automatically and easily converted into
exceptionally clean images, enhancing the most popular industry-standard
drivers.
-- Enhanced Scanning Made Easy with PaperStream Capture: PaperStream
Capture gives users the ability to complete batch scanning processes
quicker and easier than ever before. PaperStream Capture is equipped
with a streamlined user interface to reduce training time and increase
productivity when adjusting scanner settings and performing batch scans.
PaperStream Capture also seamlessly integrates with PaperStream IP's
assisted scanning for visual cleanup of documents. The reading of
barcodes and patch codes make batch separation easy, improving document
organization and providing scanning front-end to many content management
systems.
-- Scanner Central Admin: The centralized administration functionality
dramatically reduces the total cost of ownership (TCO) and work that
goes into setting up, operating and maintaining multiple Fujitsu
scanners in an organization. This feature allows users to track scan
counts, monitor scanner running status, update scanner drivers, check
consumable status, and more, all over a network, from one location.
Pricing & Availability
The Fujitsu fi-6400 is available now through authorized resellers, VARs, and distributors including Ingram Micro, NewWave Technologies, Inc., and Tech Data Corporation. The scanner is priced at $12,995 (U.S. list).
Service Options for the FUJITSU Document Scanner fi-6400
Fujitsu offers one of the most comprehensive portfolios of service programs in the document imaging industry which are now available for the Fujitsu fi-6400. Next business day, four-hour, and 24/7 service programs fit any budget or response time needed. Generous trade-in programs, multi-vendor service, and co-term options are also available, providing for convenient coverage of the entire scan fleet.
For more information about Fujitsu services please contact a Fujitsu distribution partner or Service Sales at 1-800-301-9475 or visit: http://www.ImagingService.com.
About Fujitsu
Fujitsu is the leading Japanese information and communication technology (ICT) company offering a full range of technology products, solutions and services. Approximately 162,000 Fujitsu people support customers in more than 100 countries. We use our experience and the power of ICT to shape the future of society with our customers. Fujitsu Limited (TSE: 6702) reported consolidated revenues of 4.8 trillion yen (US$46 billion) for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2014. For more information, please see http://www.fujitsu.com.
About Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Inc.
Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Inc. is an established leader in the Document Imaging industry, delivering innovative scanning solutions and services that enable our customers to solve critical business productivity issues and streamline operations. Fujitsu provides cutting-edge document capture solutions for business and personal environments, backed by a comprehensive portfolio of service and support programs. For more information about Fujitsu Document Imaging solutions and services, visit http://us.fujitsu.com/fcpa or call us at 800-626-4686.
Copyright 2015 Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Inc. All rights reserved. Fujitsu and the Fujitsu logo are registered trademarks. Statements herein are based on normal operating conditions and are not intended to create any implied warranty of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Inc. reserves the right to modify, at any time without notice these statements, our services, pricing, products, and their warranty and performance specifications.
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IBM and The Weather Company Partner to Bring Advanced Weather Insights to Business
ARMONK, New York and ANDOVER, MassachusettsMarch 31, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- IBM (NYSE:IBM <http://www.ibm.com/investor>) and The Weather Company <http://theweathercompany.com/> through WSI <http://www.wsi.com/>, its global B2B division, today announced a groundbreaking global strategic alliance to integrate real-time weather insights into business to improve operational performance and decision-making. As part of the alliance, The Weather Company, including WSI will shift its massive weather data services platform to the IBM Cloud and integrate its data with IBM analytics and cloud services.
Weather is perhaps the single largest external swing factor in business performance â responsible for an annual economic impact of nearly half a trillion dollars in the U.S. alone1. While weather prediction is increasingly precise and granular, business systems generally assume every day is the same. As a result, knowledge of impending extreme weather disruptions â or even routine disruptions that drive well understood behaviors and systemic reactions â don't always trigger operational responses. Combining weather data with traditional business data and rich data from an unprecedented number of Internet of Things (IoT) enabled systems and devices will fundamentally transform enterprise decision-making.
The IoT and cloud computing allow for collection of data from more than 100,000 weather sensors and aircraft, millions of smartphones, buildings and even moving vehicles. WSI's forecasting system ingests and processes data from thousands of sources, resulting in approximately 2.2 billion unique forecast points worldwide, and averages more than 10 billion forecasts a day on active weather days.
By migrating its weather data platform to IBM Cloud, WSI will be able to accelerate the growth of one of the largest cloud-based applications in the world. Partnering with IBM also will enable enterprise clients and industry ecosystems to more easily integrate WSI weather data â including rapidly updated forecasts â into their operations and decision-making. Once integrated with enterprise processes, weather data can be combined with data from supply chains, customer buying patterns and other sources to create more valuable insights.
IBM and WSI will deliver new cloud services to businesses in three key ways:
* Watson Analytics for Weather: IBM and WSI will enable easy integration of historical and real-time weather data in business operations and decision making with IBM analytics platforms such as Watson Analytics. The companies will jointly develop industry solutions for insurance, energy & utilities, retail and logistics among others. * Cloud and Mobile App Developer Tools: Entrepreneurs and software developers will be able to rapidly build mobile and web apps that take advantage of WSI data combined with data from operational systems, connected devices and sensors using advanced analytics through Bluemix, IBM's cloud application development platform. * Business and Operational Weather Expertise: Thousands of consultants from across IBM Global Business Services will be trained to combine WSI data with other sources to more effectively interpret industry pain points, providing clients new insights that solve business problems. By combining IBM's cloud computing, industry consulting and analytics expertise with WSI's precision weather data and forecasts, the two companies can now enable entire industries to utilize understanding of weather on business outcomes and take action at a local level. For example:
* Insurers pay more than $1 billion in claims every year for vehicles damaged by hail. WSI's Weather Alert service, together with IBM Analytics, enables insurance providers to send policyholders text messages that alert them to impending hailstorms â and safe locations â so vehicles can be moved before damage occurs. These insights have the potential to save insurers up to$25 per policyholder per year in hail-prone areas, or millions of dollars annually. * Each winter, retailers in snowy areas see patterns in which storm forecasts drive spikes in sales of groceries, shovels, sand, salt and cold-weather gear. Yet those same weather events typically hamper retail sales as consumers stay inside. But differences can be profound â during theJanuary 2014 polar vortex, areas with greater than 10°F drops in temperature saw sales fall 15.5 percent while areas with a less than 10°F drop saw sales fall only 2.9 percent. The ability to better understand and predict the impact of such weather events allows retailers to adjust staffing and supply chain strategies as needed â regionally and nationwide. * Utility companies feel the impact of an increase in temperature and relative humidity â even just a few degrees â dramatically in air conditioning use and power consumption. The difference between 90 and 95 degrees inTexas, for example, can equate to$24 million more in electricity spending per day. With IBM and WSI, utilities will be able to more accurately predict power consumption so they can avoid overproducing power, reduce service interruptions and better serve customers. "This deal combines the capabilities of the world's largest and most advanced commercial weather company with the leader in big data and analytics. Together, we'll help businesses and governments transform their decisions and operations around weather fluctuation at a scale that hasn't been possible until now," saidDavid Kenny, chairman and CEO of The Weather Company. "This is a watershed moment for businesses that have long been impacted by weather but haven't had the rich data or enhanced decision-making ability to drive positive business outcomes. The combination of our new high-resolution forecasting capabilities with IBM analytics opens up a world of possibilities for the enterprise."
The partnership builds upon IBM's investment of $3 billion over the next four years in an Internet of Things (IoT) unit to develop a portfolio of cloud services, software and related intellectual property.
"There's an opportunity to inform all business operations and decision-making with real-time actionable insight delivered securely via the cloud and extracted from all this data collected from sensors all over the planet," saidBob Picciano, senior vice president, IBM Analytics. "The Weather Company and IBM partnership can be a catalyst to making critical business systems even smarter."
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About WSI, the professional division of The Weather Company
Weather Means Businessâ¢. WSI is the world's leading provider of weather-driven business solutions that enable enterprises to make better decisions using the most accurate and precise weather data available.
WSI serves some of the world's biggest brands in the aviation, energy, insurance, and media markets, as well as federal and state government agencies. We are proud to be a part of The Weather Company, which focuses entirely on the weather, delivering billions of discrete forecasts per day around the world, through a media portfolio that includes The Weather Channel®,weather.com <http://weather.com/>®, WSI and Weather Underground. Learn more at http://www.wsi.com <http://www.wsi.com/>.
(1) Source: U.S. Economic Sensitivity to Weather Variability, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society <http://journals.ametsoc.org/loi/bams>, June 2011.
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Smart Home Guru smanos Wins Red Dot Award 2015 with K1 SmartHome DIY Kit
AMSTERDAM, March 31, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- smanos, a trendsetting innovator and dynamic developer of wireless smart home and DIY security systems, is proud to announce that its K1 SmartHome DIY Kit has won over the 38-member jury of the Red Dot Award: Product Design 2015.
With this DIY Kit for home security and automation, smanos proved its design excellence in the most important competition for product design, which is celebrating its 60(th) anniversary this year. The international experts discussed and assessed each of the 4,928 entries from 56 countries, and only the designs that won over the jury with their quality and innovative power were given an award. The K1 from smanos succeeded in convincing the jury members, deservedly winning the much sought-after Red Dot seal of quality.
"We feel very honored and humbled to share this exciting news announcement with our partners, clients and investors worldwide," said Ken Li, founder and CEO of Chuango Security Technology Corporation (Beijing NEEQ ticker 831464), mother company of smanos. "The K1 is smanos' latest wireless smart home gateway, combining butler- and guard-like functions into a stack of aesthetically pleasing round discs. The discs come with aluminum frames and texturized plastic surfaces, particularly designed for everyday use."
"smanosK1 connects to up to 50 wireless accessories with ease, and its intuitive operation on the smartphone is a breeze," said Lily Chen, Senior Product Manager. "Such connected but wireless things include remote sockets/plugs, HD cameras, alarm detectors/sirens and environmental sensors. Comparable with high-caliber smartphones these days, smanosK1 is easily mount-and-play, and adding/removing features is just like adding/removing smartphone apps."
With such intuitive operation and DIY usability, your smart and connected home has just become that much more adorable and affordable with smanosK1. The designers behind this award-winning kit include Ken Li, Sam Xu and Zero Wu.
Professor Dr. Peter Zec, founder and CEO of the Red Dot Award said: "For 60 years, the most-respected design experts have been convening every year in Essen to seek out the best designs. This year we had a record number of almost 5,000 entries -- a huge amount of work for our jury members, who assessed each individual product, and a special value of the distinction due to the high standard. The laureates of the Red Dot Award: Product Design 2015 have demonstrated exceptionally high achievements and have thus been deservedly successful in the world's largest design competition."
"Designed in Amsterdam and marketed worldwide, smanos is our complete security, monitoring and automation system lineup for today's homeowners," said Hayden Hsu, VP Marketing. "What makes smanos a must-have brand to distributors and retailers is that we're truly committed to researching, designing and delivering innovative, comprehensive and easy-to-use smart home solutions that will help them outperform their sales and profit targets."
About smanos
In the picturesque outskirts of Amsterdam came about the inception of smart home technology brand smanos in 2013. Harnessing cutting-edge design concepts and ergonomics, smanos delivers the ultimate user experience of wireless smart home and DIY security systems to households worldwide. Promising more than just a sense of security, smanos also ensures user-definable comfort and convenience, along with mobile accessibility and confirmation. In its pursuit for perfection in human-centric research and design, smanos continues to wow homeowners by putting the smarts of smart home and smart security directly in their hands. Dream big and live smart with smanos now!
About the Red Dot Award
In order to appraise the diversity in the field of design in a professional manner, the Red Dot Design Award breaks down into the three disciplines of Red Dot Award: Product Design, Red Dot Award: Communication Design and Red Dot Award: Design Concept. The Red Dot Award was created by Design Zentrum Nordrhein Westfalen and with around 17,000 entries each year is one of the best-respected design competitions in the world. In 2015, it is celebrating its 60th anniversary: It was in 1955 that a jury convened for the first time to assess the best designs of the day. The sought-after award, the "Red Dot," is the revered international seal of outstanding design quality. Award-winning designers, manufacturers and agencies use the Red Dot winner label and receive numerous other winners' privileges, such as the presentation of the award-winning product on Red Dot Online, in the Red Dot Design Yearbook, the Red Dot App and on Red Dot 21. Additionally, the winning products are communicated in the international PR activities of Red Dot and exhibited in the Red Dot Design Museum Essen for a whole year. More information is available at http://www.red-dot.org/press.
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PSIGEN Document Capture and Imaging Solutions Certified with Epson WorkForce® Scanners
PSIGEN and WorkForce Document Scanners Deliver Increased Efficiency and Flexibility for SMBs and Enterprises
LONG BEACH, Calif., March 31, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Epson America, Inc., a leading provider of digital imaging solutions, today announced several of its business document scanners have been certified for use with PSIGEN Software, a provider of document scanning software and advanced document capture solutions. The combined solution allows SMBs and departmental workgroups to make a seamless transition from paper to digital documents. Epson WorkForce(®) document scanners deliver fast speeds, high-quality scans and integrate easily into existing infrastructures utilizing PSIGEN's PSI: Capture Enterprise and PSI: Fusion products.
PSIGEN'S document capture solution is designed to meet the needs of small to large organizations in a range of compliance-heavy verticals including healthcare facilities, engineering and construction, government and public sectors, manufacturing, non-profits, legal, accounting, finance, insurance, service bureaus, and education. A need for reliable, high-quality and affordable hardware to work seamlessly with PSIGEN'S software led to the certification of the Epson WorkForce DS-510, WorkForce DS-760, WorkForce DS-860, WorkForce DS-6500, WorkForce DS-7500, WorkForce DS-60000 and WorkForce DS-70000 scanners.
"Our document management products, PSI: Capture Enterprise and PSI: Fusion, help customers succeed because they are engineered to combine automation, efficiency, stability and enterprise-class scalability. They enable easy installation, configuration and meet our customers' need to manage their documents in the most efficient way possible," said Bruce Hensley, CEO, PSIGEN. "Epson is a great partner for our company and provides the best value for our customers because they consistently deliver top-of-the-line scanners with excellent performance, fast speeds, image quality, and reliable paper handling accuracy at an affordable price."
"Epson's partnering with independent software vendors like PSIGEN re-enforces our pledge to provide the best document scanner solutions to our own customers and partners," said Larry Trevarthen, director, Business Imaging, Epson America, Inc. "PSIGEN's advanced and affordable document solutions give businesses of all sizes and in all industries the opportunity to make a smooth transition from paper to digital, making them an ideal match for our wide range of WorkForce business scanner portfolio especially with our Scan-to-Cloud and intuitive one-touch button capabilities available on select models."
The line of WorkForce models offer varied capabilities designed to create excellent document solutions including performance, reliability, fast speeds, image quality and accuracy. The WorkForce DS-760 and DS-860, Epson's fastest professional sheetfed document scanners(1), are versatile workgroup or departmental solutions designed for a wide range of markets - from healthcare and finance to insurance and legal. Delivering scan speeds up to 65 pages per minute (ppm)(2), the DS-760 and DS-860 offer robust duty cycles, scanning up to 4,500 and 6,000 sheets per day, respectively, and can hold up to 80 pages in the built-in Automatic Document Feeder (ADF). The WorkForce DS-510 is a compact scanner with scan-to-cloud capabilities with its intuitive one-touch button, fast scan speeds (up to 26 ppm/52ipm) and the ability to scan to email and PDF.
Large-format scanners including the WorkForce DS-6500, DS-7500, DS-60000 and DS-70000 also offer a robust duty cycle of up to 3,000 to 8,000 sheets per day. Delivering fast scan speeds of up to 70ppm/140ipm (DS-70000), these higher-speed models can hold up to 100 to 200 pages per day in the ADF. Equipped with flatbeds, the models can scan documents as large as 8.5" x 11.7" to 11.7" x 17" or 8.5" x 40" to 11.7" x 100" via the ADF.
The WorkForce models are equipped with Epson Document Capture Pro, advanced color and image adjustment capabilities, OCR software (DS-510, DS-760 and DS-860), and TWAIN and ISIS drivers for compatibility with third-party programs, such as PSIGEN. The models can scan both sides of one sheet in just one pass for increased efficiency. They also feature ultrasonic double-feed detection technology, which automatically stops the scan job if two pages feed together, enabling users to easily correct mis-feeds without restarting the entire process.
About PSIGEN
PSIGEN Software is the innovative leader in advanced document capture and document imaging solutions. For more than 15 years, PSIGEN has provided software to improve all the processes around the conversion of paper to digital documents. The solutions focus on cost reduction, flexibility, standardization, and improved efficiency. PSIGEN delivers these solutions through a network of resellers and distributors in the US and abroad. For more information, visit http://www.psigen.com.
"PSIGEN" is a registered trademark in the US, the EU and other countries. All other trademarks and registered trademarks belong to their respective owners.
About Epson
Epson is a global innovation leader whose product lineup ranges from inkjet printers and printing systems, 3LCD projectors and industrial robots to sensors and other microdevices. Dedicated to exceeding the vision of its customers worldwide, Epson delivers customer value based on compact, energy-saving, and high-precision technologies in markets spanning enterprise and the home to commerce and industry.
Led by the Japan-based Seiko Epson Corporation, the Epson Group comprises more than 72,000 employees in 94 companies around the world, and is proud of its ongoing contributions to the global environment and the communities in which it operates. Epson America, Inc. based in Long Beach, Calif. is Epson's regional headquarters for the U.S., Canada, and Latin America. To learn more about Epson, please visit: http://www.Epson.com.
(1) WorkForce DS-860 offers up to 65 ppm
(2) Based on letter-sized scans at 300 dpi in black-and-white, grayscale or color mode
Note: EPSON and WorkForce are registered trademarks, and EPSON Exceed Your Vision is a registered logomark of Seiko Epson Corporation. All other product brand names are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective companies. Epson disclaims any and all rights in these marks.
LaserSoft Imaging, the global leader in scanner software development, has introduced
SilverFast 8.5 at this year's CeBIT Trade Fair.
A Key Element is the new file format HDRiRAW. As a raw data format also including
infrared data for dust and scratch removal, HDRiRAW provides an ideal starting point for a
non-destructive workflow.
After scanning into the new HDRiRAW format, the JobManager is used for the efficient
batch processing of image optimizations. For this purpose, a multitude of tool settings
can be copied from image to image.
Lastly, the new Archive Suite comes equipped with an iOS app, integrating the luxury
of mobile devices into the archiving workflow. The app serves as a status monitor for the
new JobManager. It displays scanning progress, image processing and preview images on an
iPhone or iPad.
" SilverFast - Pioneer & Expert in Digital Imaging "
LaserSoft Imaging is renowned worldwide as a pioneer in the field of scanner and
digital imaging software. The SilverFast range of products includes software for scanners,
printers and for HDR imaging. With over 2.5 million copies sold SilverFast is the most
successful scanner software in the world.
Contact:
LaserSoft Imaging AG - Headquarters
Philipp Haarlaender
Luisenweg 6 - 8
D-24105 Kiel
Tel: +49(0)431-560-09-0
Fax: +49(0)431-560-09-96
Web: http://www.SilverFast.com
Email: philipp.haarlaender(at)silverfast.com
LaserSoft Imaging, Inc. - US Operations
Boris Bischof
7441 N. Tamiami Trail
Sarasota, FL 34243, USA
Phone +1-941-351-9400
Fax +1-941-351-9402
Web: http://www.SilverFast.com
Email: boris.bischof(at)silverfast.com
E|TAB CERTIFIES EPSON PRINTERS FOR ITS RESTAURANT AND HOSPITALITY MOBILE ORDERING SOLUTION
Integrated Solution Allows Customers to Control Dining or Entertainment Experience From Personal Smart Phones
SAN FRANCISCO, March 31, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- TRANSACT15 -- Epson America, Inc., a leading supplier of value-added Point of Sale (POS) solutions, today announced that e|tab, a provider of affordable hospitality and restaurant self-service technologies, has certified three Epson printers for use with its web, mobile and in-store ordering solutions. e|tab chose the Epson Omnilink(®) TM-T88V-i and OmniLink TM-T20II-i intelligent printers and the TM-U220B Ethernet kitchen printer to help improve operating efficiency. The solution is available from e|tab today and will be shown at TRANSACT15, Moscone Center, San Francisco, March 31 -April 2, Epson booth #909.
e|tab's self-service ordering application leverages Epson's ePOS(TM) print and Server Direct Print technologies to manage tasks as well as orders that come directly from customers' smart phones, tablets or personal computers. The OmniLink TM-T88V-i acts as a printer hub and sends specific tasks to the appropriate TM-U220B kitchen printer and can also communicate with e|tab's cloud server to check on orders, which ensures the highest level of order processing.
"By providing a free application that enables customers to place orders, request service and pay their bills with their own smartphones, e|tab is a truly innovative self-service technology company," said Tom Kettell, director, commercial channel sales at Epson. "By integrating this with our seamless and smart printing solutions, e|tab can further facilitate the way customers want to be served and expedite ordering while ensuring reduced operating delays."
"Every restaurant customer has experienced the frustration of having no access to online ordering at their favorite restaurant or their order request being missed or delivered late," said Jeff Stein, president at e|tab. "We were looking to partner with a printer company that could complement our self-service mobile app to provide restaurant operators with an easy and reliable solution that integrates with their current kitchen workflow. Our joint solution with Epson enables them to prepare orders more quickly, more accurately and more efficiently than ever before."
Epson OmniLink TM-T88V-i and TM-T20II-i
With built-in processing power and unique ePOS technology, Epson's OmniLink solutions support web-based printing from any mobile device with no print drivers, plug-ins, PCs or costly application changes. They also enable mobile devices to communicate directly with peripherals connected to OmniLink TM-T88V-i and TM-T20II-i, such as a bump bar, kitchen display or up to 20 slave kitchen printers. http://pos.epson.com/Products/prodsSmartPOS.htm
Epson TM-U220
Epson's tablet POS-friendly TM-U220 impact receipt and kitchen/bar printers are compact, reliable and optimized for high-speed throughput. They work right out of the box with mobile POS applications and can print directly from iOS, Android and Windows devices. They feature two-color printing for exceptions, right-side-up printing and crisp, clean logo printing. http://pos.epson.com/products/TM-T20IIPOSReceiptPrinter?ProductPK=689
About e|tab
Located in St.Louis, MO, e|tab provides a simple and powerful new way for restaurant and hospitality operators to serve their customers via contemporary technology. The company's flagship product, the e|tab mobile application, allows customers to take control of their dining or entertainment experience by ordering menu items and guiding interactions via their personal smart phone. Product line extensions, such as its Web ordering for carry out and delivery or their Fast Casual Kiosks, also simplify and expedite ordering and payment in a variety of other venues and formats. For more information, please visit http://www.e-tab.com
About Epson America, Inc.
Founded in 1975 and headquartered in Long Beach, CA, Epson America, Inc. is the U.S. affiliate of Japan-based Seiko Epson Corporation, a global manufacturer and supplier of high-quality technology products that meet customer demands for increased functionality, compactness, systems integration and energy efficiency. For over 40 years, Epson's advanced technology has been at work in millions of POS systems around the world. Today Epson's Business Systems Division continues to bring industry-leading, open architecture, smart technologies to the point of service. You may also connect with Epson America on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/Epson), Twitter (http://twitter.com/EpsonAmerica), and YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/EpsonAmerica).
EPSON is a registered trademark and EPSON Exceed Your Vision is a registered logomark of Seiko Epson Corporation. OmniLink is a registered trademark and EPOS is a trademark of Epson America. All other trademarks and/or registered trademarks are property of their respective owners.
HONG KONG, March 30, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Two of the most common concerns among modern air travelers today are the battery power of their mobile phone and the weight of their baggage. To combat these issues, Lettrino Limited has developed AirScale, a smart and unique combination of a phone charger and a weighing scale perfect for every frequent flyer.
AirScale can calibrate weights up to 40kg and the LCD screen shows both kilograms and pounds, meaning every traveler can fully prepare for any excess weight issue before checking in at the airport.
AirScale can recharge most mobile phone batteries fully for more than two cycles. With a capacity of 5,600mAh consisting of Samsung battery cells, the charging time is twice as fast as most power banks available on the market, with currents of 2A (input) and 2.4A (output).
What also makes AirScale unique is its great design. The front display window is not visible when not in use so users are instead greeted with the beautiful black glossy surface. When the device is in use, the numbers, indicating the battery level and weight will light up in red.
Lettrino Limited will start a crowdfunding event for AirScale on Indiegogo starting April 1. 2015 and for a limited time during the launch, it is available with a 30% discount off the official price.
Before you plan your next vacation, take a trip to http://www.indiegogo.com and get ready for your journey.
Honor 4X Sold Out Within 1 Minute of its First Flash Sale
NEW DELHI, March 30, 2015 /PRNewswire/ --
Honor, Huawei's smartphone e-brand for digital natives, which officially went on sale
on Flipkart.com [http://flipkart.com ] at 2 PM today, with the launch of Honor 4X,
received an overwhelming response and all Honor 4X units were sold out within a minute of
the flash sale.
The company took registrations for Honor 4X, priced at INR 10,499, which started at 4
PM on March 24, 2015 and lasted till midnight of March 29, 2015. The Honor 4X smartphone
was sold only to those consumers who had successfully completed the registration.
Further, Honor selected winners from the successfully completed pre-orders through
hihonor.in [http://www.hihonor.in ], and offered to them a limited addition bundle along
with the phone at Re. 1 only. Limited edition Honor 4X pack included a 3000mAh power bank,
premium engine headphone and colorful back cover. The company also gave the consumers app
gifts valued upto INR 14,000, which included coupons from Freecharge, Coupon Duniya,
Yatra.com and music streaming from Hungama.
Commenting on this, Mr. Allen Wang, President of Consumer Business Group, Huawei India
said, "We are overwhelmed with the response we have received for our Honor 4X smartphone.
Being sold within a minute of the flash sale showcases that Honor brand connects very well
with the youth, basis the unmatched value Honor offers of latest technology, design and
features. We are excited to partner with Flipkart.com once again for Honor 4X and see this
as a great opportunity to provide customers with a very promising product."
Honor 4X, world's best dual-sim 4G camera phone , is powered by a 64 bit Snapdragon
410 MSM8916 1.2Ghz quad-core CPU with A53 architecture. The phone is equipped with a 13MP
rear camera and 5MP front camera and is backed by a powerful 3000mAh battery that lasts
for approximately 72 hours. Honor 4X offers a 5.5 inch 720p HD screen. With IPS
fit-to-screen and OTP single-screen calibration, the phone can achieve high-definition
image color rendering facilitating practical 3D game switching and stable HD movie
viewing. It runs on Android 4.4 (Kitkat) with EMUI 3.0 on top, this system offers a more
intuitive, simple, clear and stylish design. The phone supports 150Mbps super-fast
connection of 4G network and is more than 7 times faster than the speed in 3G network.
Other than this, the phone has 12bit ADC high-precision gravity sensor, Bluetooth 4.0,
light sensor, proximity sensor, compass, FM radio and WiFi Direct Connect, making one of
the most powerful smartphones in this price segment.
The registration for next flash sale begins on 30th March at 18:00 hours and lasts
till April 5th, 23:59 hours. The phone will be available for sale on Monday, 6th April at
2 PM.
Honor 6 Plus will officially go on sale later in April, 2015
Honor is Huawei's smartphone e-brand. Honor is the world's leading smartphone e-brand.
The target consumers of Honor are digital native generation, a group that spends more than
one-third of their time on the internet for socialising, entertainment, shopping, studying
or simply staying connected. They are young, vibrant and driven by passion. Honor brand
has clocked sales of over 20 million Honor phones in 2014, accounting for a global revenue
of about 2.4 billion USD with a 24 times increase. Honor has been expanding aggressively
in global markets, and has successfully launched its products in 57 global markets within
6 months in 2014, entering the bestselling charts in most of the European countries where
it was launched. Accordingly, Honor obtains a huge user base which has yielded powerful
mouth-spreading asset. Honor products also enjoy global aesthetics, super processing
technology and massive patent support. The three basic characteristics of Honor product
are - best camera, long battery life and remarkable craftsmanship. Honor is born for
ultimate tech innovation.
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Nishca Arora
nishca.arora@fleishman.com
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Fleishman Hillard
CIGR8's EZ MOD Launches in US Retail Market Under $40
Competitive Low Cost To Consumers
LAS VEGAS, March 30, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- CIGR8 ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES (MERKUR GROUP, INC.) today announced the availability of their newest product, the CIGR8 EZ Mod. This particular modified electronic cigarette design incorporates a longer battery life and increased vapor production at a cost that reflects an MSRP of under $40.00. Most other mods in the U.S. market cost anywhere from $100.00 to $200.00, and up.
Manufactured with a black rubberized hard case, a built-in 18650 battery with 2,000mAh, 0.5 ohms resistance, 8 amps, 30 watts of output, an organic cotton wick, and a 4mL refillable glass tank, the CIGR8 EZ Mod represents the latest in CIGR8 technology and circuitries at an affordable price. The CIGR8 EZ Mod also comes with a rebuildable atomizer/coil, a USB charger, a User Manual, and is available with the CIGR8 logo or in private label.
"In developing CIGR8's first mod, our mission was clear: create a simple, safe user experience at a competitive price without sacrificing performance, and this mod absolutely delivers," says CIGR8 Sales Director, Peter Basham. "The EZ Mod lives up to its deceptively simple name: it is easy to use and easy on the pocketbook."
As the CIGR8 EZ Mod goes on sale in stores across the United States, CIGR8 is commemorating the U.S. launch with terms and conditions that support availability through rapid distribution and customized marketing materials. The CIGR8 EZ Mod offers a lower price point as compared to what consumers are currently paying for other mods. In so doing, CIGR8 combines high customer satisfaction through their elite customer service.
The durability, functionality, and reliability of the CIGR8 EZ Mod reflects significant cost savings which suggests that consumers can now take full advantage of vaping the CIGR8 EZ Mod without having to pay a high price. Quality Assurance and final assembly of the CIGR8 EZ Mod is in the United States.
For additional information on the CIGR8 EZ Mod, go to: http://www.CIGR8.com, call CIGR8 Headquarters at 702-906-1806 or address written inquiries and comments to CIGR8, 3237 West Tompkins Avenue, Las Vegas, NV 89103.
Media Contact:
Peter Basham, Sales Director
(702) 906-1806
Email
Neudesic Opens Centers of Excellence Focused on Big Data Analytics, Enterprise Mobility, Cloud and the IoT
New facility expands company's ability to quickly deliver transformative solutions that address the evolving needs of the modern enterprise
IRVINE, Calif., March 30, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Neudesic held a ribbon-cutting ceremony today in Bangalore, India, celebrating the opening of a 22,000 square-foot facility specifically designed to enhance the company's delivery of enterprise solutions that maximize the benefits of Big Data, mobility, cloud and the Internet of Things.
Neudesic's vision to bring several centers of excellence under one roof and staff it with experts in a wide range of disciplines enhances the company's ability to quickly scale development teams to meet the changing needs of clients worldwide.
"The new facility will enable us to further incorporate the technologies of our select alliance partners Tableau, Xamarin and Microsoft to deliver the best value and highest quality solutions to our clients. And to deliver them faster than our competitors," said Ashish Agarwal, Neudesic's vice president of offshore services.
"One of the primary reasons we partner with Neudesic is their flexible and cost-effective delivery," said Danni David, sr. software engineering manager, GE Oil & Gas. "We look forward to strengthening that partnership across new areas of business opportunity."
Neudesic's continued growth and vision have been both strategic and proactive, according to Parsa Rohani, the company's CEO and founding partner. "By focusing on emerging technologies and how they are driving enterprise modernization, we've been able to help our clients not only overcome their current business challenges but also position their companies for future success," he said.
About Neudesic
Neudesic is the trusted technology partner in business innovation, delivering impactful business results to clients through leading-edge technologies, innovative solutions and strategic alliances. Headquartered in Irvine, Calif., Neudesic is a privately held company, serving clients globally from offices in the United States and India. For more information, visit http://www.neudesic.com.
About Microsoft
Founded in 1975, Microsoft is the worldwide leader in software, services, devices and solutions that help people and businesses realize their full potential. For more information, visit http://www.microsoft.com.
About Tableau
Tableau Software helps anyone quickly analyze, visualize and share information. More than 26,000 customer accounts get rapid results with Tableau in the office and on the go. For more information, visit http://www.tableausoftware.com.
About Xamarin
Xamarin is the new standard for enterprise mobile development, used by over 750,000 developers from more than 100 Fortune 500 companies to accelerate the creation of mission-critical consumer and enterprise apps. For more information, visit http://www.xamarin.com.
T100 Chi and T300 Chi models now on ASUS store and major retailers starting at $399
KEY POINTS
- Beautiful all-aluminum unibody 2-in-1 detachables that seamlessly transform from razor-thin laptops to the world's thinnest Windows tablets
- Magnetic hinge offers four usage modes--Attached, Detached, Flipped and Tented
- Advanced fan-less design for silent operation and class-leading performance
- T100 Chi base model starts at $399; T300 Chi base model starts at $699
FREMONT, Calif., March 30, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- ASUS today begins accepting preorders for the Transformer Book Chi family from the ASUS Store and select resellers. Announced at the Consumer Electronics Show 2015 (CES), the Transformer Book Chi is a family of razor-thin 2-in-1 Windows detachables that offer the unrivalled convenience of a powerful laptop and transforms seamlessly into a handy tablet whenever needed.
The flagship 12.5-inch T300 Chi, recipient of a 2015 CES Innovation Award, is powered by the all-new Intel® Core(TM) M processor for outstanding performance and power efficiency. T100 Chi is a compact 10.1-inch model with all-day battery life. Both models have a bright, crisp and clear IPS display for wide viewing angles and vibrant colors.
Perfect on-the-go, all Chi models are distinguished by their razor-thin profiles and quiet performance, made possible by the fanless design. T100 Chi has the world's thinnest Windows tablet at an incredible 0.28 inch and T300 Chi measures just 0.65 inch when docked, which is even thinner than an Apple(®) Macbook Air(®).
As well as being amazingly slim, Transformer Book Chi has a luxurious and sophisticated feel, with precision craftsmanship and engineering expertise combined to realize the seamless all-aluminum unibody design. The edges of Chi are enhanced with diamond-cut chamfering, adding brilliant highlights to the elegant metallic body.
The Transformer Book Chi Series uses wide-view in-plane switching (IPS) displays enhanced with ASUS TruVivid technology. By combining three layers into a single piece of glass and eliminating the air gaps that cause internal reflectance in between, TruVivid delivers more vibrant images, astounding sharpness and an ultra-wide color gamut.
Transformer Book Chi's instant, seamless transformation between handy tablet and powerful laptop is made possible by the uniquely-designed magnetic hinge, which employ powerful neodymium magnets arranged precisely to ensure secure and reliable docking. Whenever inspiration strikes, the magnetic hinge also allows users to express their creativity in four usage modes--attached, detached, flipped and tented.
The ASUS Transformer Book Chi Active Stylus Pen (sold separately) features up to 256 pressure sensitivity levels for an incredibly precise writing and drawing experience, while natural palm rejection allows you to rest your hand comfortably.
Powered by an Intel® Core(TM) M processor, the T300 Chi delivers smooth performance to handle day-to-day computing work. The T100 Chi is powered by an Intel® Atom(TM) processor that maximizes efficiency and battery life for all-day computing up to 10hrs on a single charge. This superb power-efficiency, combined with an advanced thermal management design from the ASUS engineering team, enables the Transformer Book Chi to operate without fans. The passive design enables Chi to run silently, while delivering excellent performance for daily computing tasks.
In addition to the latest Windows 8.1 preinstalled, the T100CHI also features a free one year subscription to Microsoft Office 365 Personal Edition and 1TB of Microsoft OneDrive.
AVAILABILITY
ASUS Transformer Book T300 and T100 Chi series is available for preorder immediately from the ASUS Store, Newegg.com, Amazon.com and other retailers. For more information, please visit http://www.asus.com/us/site/2-in-1/transformer-book/chi.
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Model T300CHI-F1-DB T300CHI-FH011H
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core, up to 2.0 GHz) core, up to 2.9 GHz)
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Display 12.5-inch LED Backlit FHD 12.5-inch LED Backlit WQHD
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Cameras 2MP HD Camera
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storage 4GB DDR3L-1600 8GB DDR3L-1600
128GB SSD 128GB SSD
Micro SDXC slot (up to 128GB) Micro SDXC (up to 128GB)
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1 x micro HDMI
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About ASUS
ASUS is a worldwide top-three consumer notebook vendor and maker of the world's best-selling, most award-winning motherboards. A leading enterprise in the new digital era, ASUS designs and manufactures products that perfectly meet the needs of today's digital home and office, with a broad portfolio that includes motherboards, graphics cards, optical drives, displays, desktop and all-in-one PCs, notebooks, netbooks, servers, multimedia devices, wireless solutions, networking devices, tablets and smartphones. Driven by innovation and committed to quality, ASUS won 4,256 awards in 2013 and is widely credited with revolutionizing the PC industry with its Eee PC(TM). ASUS has more than 13,600 employees around the globe with a world-class R&D team of 4,500 engineers. Company revenue for 2013 was approximately US$14 billion.
au Unlimited Future Laboratory Announces FUMM Concept Model
TOKYO, March 30, 2015 /PRNewswire/ --
- Walking Shoes of Future with Built-in Sensors Linked to Your Smartphone Developed in Collaboration with New Balance Japan -
KDDI Corporation has announced the FUMM concept - the walking shoes of the future with built-in sensors linked to your smartphone, through its "au Unlimited Future Laboratory" website which has been developed to create the future of communication.
au Unlimited Future Laboratory has been recruiting customers as researchers and regularly holding "hackathons" and "online discussions" in which participants develop ideas and build prototypes under the theme of "inventing the next smartphone".
Moreover, the laboratory has also been inviting experts from various fields to participate in activities as special researchers, and has been co-creating "next smartphone" concept models.
FUMM is a futuristic pair of walking shoes developed in collaboration with the sports brand New Balance Japan, Inc. (President: Tomoo Tomita, head office: Chuo-ku, Tokyo) under the theme of "Making the ordinary walks an adventure." It makes sounds for each footstep in accordance with bodily movements and the walking location to turn children's walks into "adventures." The sensors in the shoes detect the height and the color of the ground, as well as the movements such as walking and running, and it can be linked with a smartphone to create a variety of games.
FUMM can provide fun outing. Parents and children using FUMM can create their own games which can provide parent-child communication and enhance child's creativity. Parents can also know the whereabouts of their children through the footsteps and the Bluetooth radio waves, to let the children enjoy their walks safely.
Origami Plastics Announces the Launch of the iShade - the Ultimate Solution to Glares and Stares
WIGAN, England, March 30, 2015 /PRNewswire/ --
Ever found yourself on the move with your iPad or MacBook, only to discover a
rubbernecking commuter staring at your screen? Or cursing as the glare from the sun
renders that all-important section of an email impossible to read? Origami Plastics, a new
design company based in Wigan, UK, have created a neat solution to this problem: the
iShade [http://www.theishade.co.uk ] - a sunshade for all models of Apple iPads and
Macbooks.
Launched today, the iShade is a new must-have travel accessory for Apple iPads and
MacBooks which shields the screen effectively from both glare from the sun and prying
eyes. Ideal for sunny outdoor conditions, visits to the beach, train or plane journeys,
coffee shops or any busy environment, the iShade is made from black, heat-resistant high
grade polypropylene. Designed and hand-constructed in the UK from 100% recyclable
materials, it's easy to attach and remove and folds down to fit into your device's case,
so you can take it everywhere with you.
The iShade was the brainchild of Pete Seddon - designer, dog walker, coffee drinker,
Columbo watcher, podcast listener and sound engineer. Pete recounts the story of the
iShade's inception: "I was given the idea for the iShade by a good friend whilst we were
both on tour with the band Franz Ferdinand in South America in August 2014. I remember we
were sitting on a small wall outside a beer-selling kiosk on a beautiful sunny day in
Columbia when, mid conversation, my friend grabbed a big piece of cardboard to help
facilitate watching the football in the sun on our laptop.
"The cardboard, which was formerly our seat/wall cover, was used to demonstrate the
iShade concept. He encouraged me to build the iShade - so, from Columbia wall-covering
prototype to high grade polypropylene sun/ privacy screen final design - here is the
iShade."
The product is available in six different sizes, to fit the Apple iPad mini, iPad and
all Air and Pro retina MacBooks. High-performance EPDM rubber and elastic cord ensure that
the iShade fits and grips your device screen perfectly.
A 14-day, no-hassle money-back guarantee is offered on all orders, which are
despatched in 1-2 days and sent via tracked courier. For more information, visit: http://www.theishade.co.uk
Holographic Optical Technologies brings cutting-edge holograms to consumer market through upcoming Kickstarter campaign
AUGUSTA, Ga., March 27, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Holographic Optical Technologies of Augusta, Georgia, innovator in the field of holographic medical imaging, is entering the world of consumer electronics with the announcement of its Kickstarter campaign. Launching on April 20(th), 2015, the campaign will introduce the company's new Voxbox and Voxbox Pro. The 8-inch and 22-inch displays will allow consumers to view fully three dimensional holograms at home for the first time. In addition to the two displays, the company will also offer a hologram production service. Users can submit nearly any set of 3D data to be made into a Voxgram hologram, such as a set of CT scans obtained from a doctor, a user created 3D model, or a 3D character downloaded from the Internet.
Voxgram holograms differ from popular holograms in several significant ways. As opposed to the classic Pepper's Ghost parlor trick, or stereoscopic images requiring special glasses, these holograms are not optical illusions - they are 3D sculptures of light that occupy physical space. Voxgram holograms project out towards the observer in front of the portable Voxbox screen, and viewers can reach into them to appreciate their physical depth and intuitively understand their information.
The picture-frame sized Voxbox viewer can be used to display holograms on a desk or mounted on a wall. The larger Voxbox Pro is a medical-grade display, and is used by physicians to view medical holograms. They are also ideal for use in architectural and engineering firms for viewing precise holographic representations of CAD diagrams and other professional grade models.
"Our glasses-free true 3D holograms engage the viewer and offer thrilling experiences for the consumer and better understanding of complex data for improved medical care. Through our Kickstarter campaign we're excited to create a community to join our 3D world," said Daniel Burman, Cofounder of Holographic Optical Technologies, in a recent interview.
This pioneering technology, developed from work by Voxel and Holorad, has already been put through its clinical paces. Earlier versions proved vital in several landmark surgeries, including the 2006 separation of 4-year-old conjoined twins in Utah. Newer versions have met with praise in the fields of neurosurgery and cardiology, two fields of medicine where accuracy is paramount. The company is working with surgeons at a leading medical university to develop new, exciting diagnostic methods and minimally invasive techniques for pediatric neurosurgery. Holographic Optical Technologies has been instrumental in the emergence of medical holography as a sub-discipline of diagnostic medicine.
Through its Kickstarter campaign, Holographic Optical Technologies seeks to raise funds not only to enter the consumer market, but also to help bring its technology into the medical mainstream. One of the campaign rewards allows users to donate medical holograms to children's hospitals in order to get this life saving technology into the hands of those who need it most. There are also options for physicians to purchase Voxbox viewers and Voxgram holograms at a discounted rate in order to bring the technology into their practices.
Stephen Hart, the primary inventor of the technology, and co-founder of Holographic Optical Technologies, has built and operated five generations of holographic printers, the most recent of which is used for the production of all Voxgram images. He originated the system and software architectures of the company's hologram printer and its hologram displays. Prior to his work in holography, Mr. Hart was an experimental astronomer at London's Imperial College of Science and Technology. Mr. Hart was looking for a way to visualize vast amounts of information from astronomical telescopes, and this desire led him to investigate holography as a potential solution. He took an experimental astrophysicist's approach rather than a classical holographer's approach, and, in doing so, pioneered a realm of holography previously believed to be impossible. More recently, this technology was used to create a hologram of the NASA Kepler Mission data, producing the world's largest transmission hologram, measuring six feet high, six feet wide, and projected to a depth of four feet, allowing entire families to walk into a hologram of interstellar space.
The future applications of this technology are limitless. From children's toys to storefront-sized holographic advertisements, true 3D holograms will soon become a part of everyday life. For more information, visit the website http://HolographicOpticalTech.com. For inquires, email PR@HolographicOpticalTech.com.
Atari® Launches Asteroids: Outpost(TM) into Early Access
Open World Multiplayer Survival Experience Blasts Off On Steam!
NEW YORK, March 27, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Atari(®), one of the world's most recognized publishers and producers of interactive entertainment, today announced Early Access availability for Asteroids: Outpost(TM). The sandbox, open world, multiplayer shooter is a dramatic reboot of the 1979 arcade classic. Set in the distant future, Asteroids: Outpost updates the asteroid-blasting action of the original by putting players in the role of deep-space miners, harvesting rare ore and expanding their bases, while protecting themselves from deadly asteroid showers and claim jumpers. Watch the launch trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRXSI2duZGw
To commemorate the original release of Asteroids in 1979, Asteroids: Outpost is discounted 34 percent to $19.79 for a limited time. To find out more and download Asteroids: Outpost, visit the Steam page at: http://bit.ly/AsteroidsOutpostSteam
In Asteroids: Outpost, mankind has expanded its reach into the distant corners of the solar system. Near-space vessels, heavy industry on the moon and thriving colonies on Mars extend humanity's empire into the great blackness of space. Our solar system's massive Asteroid Belt is a mother lode of resources, just waiting to be torn free and shipped home. "The Belt" is humanity's newest frontier, as wild and untamed as any that man has faced. Ambitious prospectors blast off with little more than an Outpost Module and a Mining Tool to break open fallen asteroids to find their fortunes. This bonanza doesn't come without risks and mere survival is a daily struggle. Asteroid storms bombard the surface, destroying Outposts, and hostile claim jumpers can appear at any moment. For the brave, there is a fortune to be made. For the foolish - there is only death. Welcome to the new Gold Rush.
"Asteroids: Outpost is bringing a completely new premise to the world-renowned Asteroids arcade shooter by combining survival and crafting gameplay mechanics in a multiplayer intergalactic setting," said Fred Chesnais, Chief Executive Officer, Atari. "During the Early Access period, Asteroids: Outpost will build on the current gameplay while adding compelling new elements and expanding on the open world."
Key gameplay features available at the Early Access launch include:
-- Tool & Weapon Crafting - Using tech and ore, gamers craft upgrades to
their tools to create advanced weapons.
-- Base-Building & Degradation - Serving as both a player's mining
headquarters and home, bases are easily built in a square grid pattern
by crafting and connecting modular pieces.
-- Asteroid Showers - Recurring showers of smaller asteroids represent both
a source of wealth and a deadly threat, as players must shoot down
incoming projectiles to defend their claims and harvest components from
the fallen rock.
-- Resource Gathering - Mine the asteroid's surface or scavenge bases and
crash sites to gather resources required to craft and upgrade materials.
-- Terrain Exploration - Utilize in-game suits and vehicles to explore the
lunar terrain and search complex landscapes featuring craters, boulders,
cliffs and valleys, crystal formations, lava flows, gas plumes, and
more.
-- Attacking & Looting - Bases include resource refining equipment and
storage areas that are susceptible to looting, meaning players not only
need to protect the precious resources they've collected but they also
have the opportunity to seek out and loot nearby bases.
"This is part of our new strategy. We are going to be teaming up with young and innovative studios to take a refreshing look at each game from our extensive portfolio," said Todd Shallbetter, Chief Operating Officer, Atari. "Releasing Asteroids: Outpost through the Early Access program will also help us get feedback from the community. Asteroids is the first of a long series of re-births, and we are considering doing the same for our other iconic games such as Warlords, Adventure, Tempest, Missile Command and many more."
"We've created this massive world with base-building, crafting, and blasting asteroids out of the sky and we believe this game has great potential," said Peter Banks, Executive Producer, Atari. "We also understand we need players to make this world thrive and turn this game into a super fun experience. We want players to know the game will evolve over time and this is why we are releasing the game in Early Access."
Asteroids: Outpost is developed by indie developer, Salty Games. Players that participate in Early Access are encouraged to assist in the future development of Asteroids: Outpost, and can provide feedback at http://steamcommunity.com/app/330210/discussions/.
For the latest news and releases on Asteroids: Outpost, sign up for email updates at http://www.asteroidsoutpost.com. Fans can also join the conversation by liking Asteroids: Outpost on Facebook at facebook.com/asteroidsgame, and following Asteroids: Outpost on Twitter at @Atari_Asteroids.
About Atari
Atari (http://www.atari.com) is an interactive entertainment production company. As an iconic brand that transcends generations and audiences, the company is globally recognized for its multi-platform, interactive entertainment and licensed products. Atari owns and/or manages a portfolio of more than 200 games and franchises, including world-renowned brands like Asteroids®, Centipede®, Missile Command®, Pong®, Test Drive®, and RollerCoaster Tycoon®.
About Salty Games
Salty Games is a new game development studio based in Los Angeles, California. The team is composed of industry veterans with decades of AAA development experience on some of the largest franchises in multiplayer gaming, including Call of Duty: Black Ops 2, Call of Duty: Ghost, Star Trek Online and many more. Salty Games is using Nightshade game engine developed by Arktos Entertainment Group.
Beastgrip Pro Camera Rig for Phoneographers Builds on Success of Previous Model, Adds New Products Like Depth-of-field Adapter, Wide-angle and Fisheye Lenses
CHICAGO, March 27, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Beastgrip, the world's most versatile smartphone rig and lens adapter system, is getting an upgrade, and its makers are again asking for help from the Kickstarter community to make it all possible. Within just 24 hours of its launch, the campaign reached 100% of its funding goal of $50,000.
Since its introduction two years ago, smartphone photographers and videographers have relied on Beastgrip (http://beastgrip.com/) to produce exceptional imagery and tell compelling stories. The current Kickstarter campaign will fund production of the Beastgrip Pro, a major upgrade from the original model. In addition to the new model of the smartphone camera rig and lens mount, Beastgrip Co, the company behind Beastgrip, is also introducing a depth-of-field (DOF) adapter, along with extreme wide-angle and fisheye lenses. DOF adapters empower phoneographers to flex their creative muscles like never before.
"Smartphones keep getting smarter, with hardware to rival even the most advanced digital cameras and inventive software and apps to optimize photo and video production," remarked Vadym Chalenko, creator of the original Beastgrip. "Amateur and professional phoneographers are always on the lookout for products that combine easy functionality with high performance. The Beastgrip Pro more than fits that bill."
Chalenko and his team are no strangers to Kickstarter; the crowdfunding community was instrumental in bringing the original Beastgrip to market in 2013. Since then, Beastgrip Co has listened thoughtfully to feedback and requests from Beastgrip users. That feedback has contributed significantly to the design and prototyping of the Beastgrip Pro.
The Beastgrip Pro is compatible with all major smartphones, even those with protruding camera lenses. The rig is stronger and more functional than its predecessor, with five 1/4"-20 threaded mounts, a cold shoe mount and the standard 37 mm threaded lens mount. Likewise, the Beastgrip Pro is unrivaled in its versatility and ease of use. Phoneographers can adapt the rig to a variety of applications, from a simple tripod mount to a full-featured rig with LED lights and a mic.
Those who wish to support Beastgrip can pledge $1 or more to the campaign. For $40, backers will receive the Beastgrip wide-angle lens and fisheye lens as rewards (lenses are compatible with Beastgrip Pro, and come with carrying bag and lens caps). Backers who pledge $70 will receive the Beastgrip Pro. Backers who pledge $105 to the campaign will receive the Beastgrip Pro, wide-angle lens and fisheye lens. For $110, backers will receive the Beastgrip DOF adapter. For $175, backers will get the Beastgrip Pro plus the DOF adapter. $210 earns backers an all-inclusive bundle. Rewards will be shipped anywhere in the world, and backers can expect to see them arrive by August.
Funds from the Kickstarter campaign will be used cover the cost of production tooling, assembly line setup and bulk ordering of the Beastgrip Pro's various machined parts, lens components and the DOF adapter. All components of the Beastgrip Pro are custom manufactured overseas and assembled by hand in Chicago.
Beastgrip Co will be developing and rolling out new products for phoneographers in the coming months and years. Among those near the end of the pipeline is Beastcam, a smartphone app set for release this summer that will augment the Beastgrip Pro smartphone camera rig.
About BEASTGRIP CO
BEASTGRIP CO is based out of Chicago, Illinois. The company was launched in 2013 with a successful Kickstarter campaign. Since then, a team of forward-thinking developers has been going strong and working on the next generation of smartphone camera rigs, the Beastgrip Pro, along with other products to be released soon.
Honor 4X Crosses 1 Lakh Registrations in 24 Hours; Sale Starts on Monday, 30th March at 2 PM
NEW DELHI, March 27, 2015 /PRNewswire/ --
Honor, Huawei's smartphone e-brand for digital natives, announced the first flash sale
of its flagship smartphone - Honor 4X. The registration started at 4 PM on March 24, 2015,
and will last till midnight of March 29, 2015. In 24 hours there were over 1,00,000
registrations, which is the best ever recorded in a time span of 24 hours.
The Honor 4X will officially go on sale through Flipkart.com on Monday, 30th March at
2 PM and can only be purchased by consumers who have successfully completed registrations.
The smartphone will be sold exclusively on Flipkart.com
[http://www.flipkart.com/honor-4x/p/itme5vyzpyyenmbn?pid=MOBE47FHEKGHN27Q ] for INR 10,499.
Honor would select winners from the successfully completed pre-orders through hihonor.in
and offer to them a limited addition bundle along with the phone at only Rs 1. Limited
edition Honor would include a 3000mAh power bank, premium engine headphone and colourful
back cover.
Honor 4X, the world's best dual-sim 4G camera phone, is powered by a 64 bit Snapdragon
410 MSM8916 1.2Ghz quad-core CPU with A53 architecture. The phone is equipped with a 13MP
rear camera and 5MP front camera and is backed by a powerful 3000mAh battery that lasts
for approximately 72 hours. Honor 4X offers a 5.5-inch 720p HD screen. With IPS
fit-to-screen and OTP single-screen calibration, the phone can achieve high-definition
image colour rendering facilitating practical 3D game switching and stable HD movie
viewing. It runs on Android 4.4 (Kitkat) with EMUI 3.0 on top, and this system offers a
more intuitive, simple, clear and stylish design. The phone supports 150Mbps superfast
connection of 4G network and is more than 7 times faster than the speed in 3G network.
Other than this, the phone has 12bit ADC high-precision gravity sensor, Bluetooth 4.0,
light sensor, proximity sensor, compass, FM radio and WiFi Direct Connect, making it one
of the most powerful smartphones in this price segment.
Expressing his thoughts, Mr. Allen Wang, President of Consumer Business Group, Huawei
India said, "We plan to tap the untouched Indian consumers and emerging markets,
especially the youth with our innovative technology offering. We are thrilled to partner
with Flipkart.com once again for Honor 4X and see this as a great opportunity to provide
customers with a promising product."
Honor 6 Plus will officially go on sale later in April, 2015
Honor is Huawei's smartphone e-brand and is the world's leading smartphone e-brand.
The targeted consumers of Honor are the digital native generation, a group that spends
more than one-third of their time on the Internet for socialising, entertainment,
shopping, studying or simply staying connected. They are young, vibrant and driven by
passion. Honor brand has clocked sales of over 20 million Honor phones in 2014, accounting
for a global revenue of about 2.4 billion USD with a 24 times increase. Honor has been
expanding aggressively in global markets, and has successfully launched its products in 57
global markets within 6 months in 2014, entering the bestselling charts in most of the
European countries where it was launched. Accordingly, Honor obtains a huge user base
which has yielded powerful mouth-spreading asset. Honor products also enjoy global
aesthetics, super processing technology and massive patent support. The three basic
characteristics of Honor products are: best camera, long battery life and remarkable
craftsmanship. Honor is born for ultimate tech innovation.
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